India described Pakistan as a “Frankenstein state” that harboured and nurtured terrorism as a state policy and was now facing the consequences of its own actions. In a stinging response to Pakistan at a United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) session on Thursday, India’s Anupama Singh questioned Islamabad’s claims of being a victim of terrorism, stressing that it gets “shocked when its own monster bites back”.
Singh, who is the First Secretary at the Permanent Mission to the United Nations, described the situation as a paradox that “only Pakistan could sustain”. “This is the country where the sitting Defence Minister boasts of hosting, training and deploying terrorists as a state policy and yet Pakistan calls itself a victim of terrorism,” Singh said.
“It is a living example of a Frankenstein state which is shocked when its own monster bites back,” she further said.
While Singh did not specify, she was likely referring to Pakistan Defence Minister Khawaja Asif’s remarks last year. In a rare public acknowledgement during an interview, Asif admitted that Pakistan backed, trained, and funded terror organisations for over three decades.
Asif said Pakistan did the “dirty work” for the US and the West post-9/11. However, he called it a “mistake” that Pakistan has paid a heavy price for.
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Published By:
Abhishek De
Published On:
Jun 19, 2026 10:17 IST
