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Grilled at UN over Hafiz Saeed and harbouring terrorism, Pak PM Sharif walks away | Watch
As Sharif entered the UN headquarters, he was asked about the two issues but walked away without responding to the questions.
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Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif refused to answer questions on Hafiz Saeed and Pakistan's alleged harbouring of terrorists as he arrived at and later left the UN headquarters in New York.
As Sharif entered the UN headquarters, he was asked about the two issues but walked away without responding to the questions.
"Prime Minister, when will you stop harbouring terrorists," an ANI news agency journalist asked Sharif. Later, as he left, he was asked, “When will you prosecute Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) chief Hafiz Saeed”. He did not respond to either question.
Hafiz Muhammad Saeed, a resident of Sargodha in Pakistan's Punjab province, is a designated terrorist under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967, and the founder of the proscribed terrorist organisation Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT). Saeed is wanted as an accused in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack case.
Recently, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) has also alleged that the Pahalgam terror attack on April 22, 2025 was orchestrated by Pakistan-based operatives of the banned terrorist organisation Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT). Hafiz Muhammad Saeed has been named as Accused No 8 in NIA's supplementary chargesheet which alleges his involvement in the larger conspiracy behind the attack.
Indian diplomat rips Pak at UN
A day earlier, India tore into Pakistan at the United Nations, telling Islamabad to dedicate its energy towards a debt-ridden economy surviving on bailouts rather than harbouring territorial ambitions or sponsoring cross-border terrorism.
Exercising its right of reply at the UN Human Rights Council, Indian diplomat Kshitij Tyagi dismantled Pakistan's diversionary tactics, asserting that its hostile posturing would do nothing to rescue its failing financial system.
"Pakistan would better serve its people by focusing on development, rather than by coveting territory of others or exporting terror, because neither these nor its theatrics in the Council would help repay the loans its economy survives on." ANI news agency quoted Tyagi as saying, stating that Pakistan's priorities remain fundamentally misplaced.
Kshitij Tyagi further called out Islamabad's severe domestic hypocrisy, pointing out its suppression of civilians and acute humanitarian crises in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK, where widespread protests met with lethal state violence and blockades on essential supplies such as food, fuel, and medicine.
