Pakistan isolated at UN? Security Council grills Islamabad over Pahalgam terror attack role, nuclear threats and missile tests

Pakistan, which is a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council, sought closed-door consultations over escalating tensions with India. However, Islamabad appeared to be isolated at the powerful forum as several UN members questioned the cash-strapped country over its role in the Pahalgam terror attack, as per sources.

Asim Iftikhar Ahmad, Pakistan's Permanent Representative to the UN, tried to divert UNSC's attention by raising false allegations and made provocative remarks. However, Islamabad failed to bring Council members on its side during the one-and-a-half-hour discussion. The council members confronted Pakistan with tough questions and refused to accept its "false flag" narrative.

Instead, Pakistan faced the music over its nuclear threats and missile tests conducted recently, according to the sources. Pakistan tested its surface-to-surface missile Abdali Weapon System and the FATAH Series surface-to-surface missile.

The UNSC members also questioned Pakistan over the involvement of Lashkar-e-Taiba, which operates on its territory, as well as tourists being targeted over their religion, said sources. It was earlier revealed that The Resistance Front (TRF), a proxy of the LeT, carried out the deadly attack in Pahalgam that killed 26 people.

None of the UNSC members, including Pakistan's all-weather friend China joined its press statement after the meeting, putting a stop to the neigbouring country's efforts to tarnish India and evade responsibility in the Pahalgam terror attack.

Pakistan failed to achieve the intended impact during the UNSC meeting, which concluded with no press statement or resolution. This comes as Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoked to four out of the five Permanent Members of the UNSC, including the USA, the UK, France and Russia. External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar also spoke to the Permanent and Non-Permanent members of the council, except China and Pakistan. 

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