We Created Doctors, While Pak Produced Terrorists: Sushma at UNGA

Swaraj asserted India had created doctors and scientists, while Pakistan had focussed on producing terrorists.

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj greets members of the UNGA on Saturday. 

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Taking a dig at Pakistan, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Saturday asked its leaders to introspect as to why India is recognised as a global IT superpower while Pakistan is infamous as the "pre- eminent export factory for terror".

In her address to the 72nd UN General Assembly session, Swaraj accused Pakistan of waging a war against India and said a country that has been the world's greatest exporter of havoc, death and inhumanity became a champion of hypocrisy by preaching about humanity from this podium.

She was referring to Pakistan Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi's speech on Thursday wherein he accused India of violating human rights and state-sponsored terrorism.

I would like today to tell Pakistan’s politicians just this much, that perhaps the wisest thing they could do is to look within. India and Pakistan became free within hours of each other. Why is it that today India is a recognised IT superpower in the world, and Pakistan is recognised only as the pre-eminent export factory for terror?

Sushma Swaraj, External Affairs Minister 

India had ripped into Pakistan yesterday, describing it as "terroristan" and a land of "pure terror" that hosts a flourishing industry to produce and export global terrorism.

Speaking in Hindi for the second consecutive year at the annual UNGA session, Swaraj today said India has risen despite being the principal destination of Pakistan's nefarious export of terrorism.

(With inputs from PTI.)

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