Pakistan’s policy of cross-border terrorism will “never succeed” and actions by it will “certainly have consequences”, external affairs minister S. Jaishankar said at the UN General Assembly late on Saturday evening (IST), adding that “the only issue to be resolved” between the two countries is the “vacation of illegally occupied Indian territory” (Pakistan-occupied Kashmir). Lambasting Islamabad, the external affairs minister said that the ills (terrorism) that Pakistan wished for others are now consuming its own society and that “this is only karma”.
Mr Jaishankar said Pakistan’s GDP can only be measured in terms of radicalisation and its exports in terms of terrorism, as its polity has only inducted fanaticism, while describing it as a “dysfunctional nation coveting the lands of others (which) must be exposed”. The external affairs minister said: “Many countries get left behind due to circumstances beyond their control. But some make conscious choices with disastrous consequences.
A premier example is our neighbour, Pakistan. Unfortunately, their misdeeds affect others as well, especially the neighbourhood. When this polity instills such fanaticism among its people, its GDP can only be measured in terms of radicalisation and its exports in the form of terrorism.
Today, we see the ills it sought to visit on others consume its own society. It can’t blame the world; this is only karma." "A dysfunctional nation coveting the lands of others must .