InternationalSunday, 27 September 2026·Hindu Tamil Thisai

India warns Pakistan at UNGA: terrorism support will have consequences, says Petal Gahlot

At the 81st UN General Assembly in New York, India’s diplomat Petal Gahlot warned Pakistan that support for terrorism will have consequences.

Key highlights

Direct fact

At the 81st UN General Assembly in New York in September 2026, India’s representative Petal Gahlot used the right of reply to tell Pakistan that support for terrorism will have consequences.

Key specifics

  • Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif spoke at the UNGA before India replied.
  • Petal Gahlot referred to Osama bin Laden and the 9/11 attacks in the United States.
  • She said India had demonstrated through Operation Sindoor that terrorists have no safe haven.
  • Gahlot described Jammu and Kashmir as an integral and inseparable part of India.
  • She said Pakistan is a military-run state and that India will take necessary self-defence measures.

Exam lens

International relations and UN procedure question: right of reply, UNGA, Operation Sindoor, Jammu and Kashmir, September 2026. TNPSC may ask who represented India and what legal-diplomatic tool was used.

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