India's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, P Harish, on Monday, 9 June, accused Pakistan of operating an 'organised factory of hate' that weaponises religious language to engineer permanent hostility toward India among its own citizens — a strategy, he argued, designed to entrench Pakistan's deep state and sustain its grip on power. The remarks were delivered before the UN Security Council during a session focused on Afghanistan.

The 'Factory of Hate' Charge

Harish said Pakistan's directive to government agencies to label groups operating within its own borders as 'Fitna al Hindustan' amounted to 'officially sponsored misinformation and disinformation dressed in religious terminology.' The Arabic term 'Fitna' carries meanings ranging from 'sedition' to 'idolatry' in Islamic theological usage.

'This is an outcome of an organised factory of hate coming from the deep state of Pakistan, which aims to keep their citizens in a state of permanent hostility with India in order to perpetuate their stay in power and control of national resources and distract them from core political and economic problems,' Harish told the Council.

Military's Constitutional Consolidation

Harish's reference to the 'deep state' was a pointed allusion to Pakistan's military establishment, which has, according to India's assessment, made its dominance over Pakistani politics legally unassailable. He cited the 27th Constitutional Amendment, passed in November, as the most recent and brazen manifestation of this process.

'The de facto coup by the military through the 27th Constitutional Amendment is only its most recent manifestation,' Harish said. The amendment effectively placed military chief Field Marshal Asim Munir — described as a religious hardliner — virtually above the law, consolidating his control over the civilian government.

Cross-Border Terrorism and the Call for Global Action

Speaking in the context of the Afghanistan discussion, Harish called for coordinated international pressure to dismantle terror networks facilitated by Pakistan. He specifically named ISIL (Islamic State), Al Qaida, Lashkar-e-Tayyiba (LeT), Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), and The Resistance Front — identified as a proxy of LeT — as groups whose cross-border operations must be collectively confronted.

'Only coordinated efforts of the international community can ensure that ISIL and Al Qaida and their affiliates, including the Lashkar-e-Tayyiba and the Jaish-e-Mohammed, and proxies of LeT such as The Resistance Front, along with those who facilitate their operations, no longer indulge in cross-border terrorism,' he said.

The Pahalgam Attack Reference

Harish's mention of The Resistance Front carried a direct allusion to the Pahalgam attack of April last year, in which 24 Hindus and one Christian were killed at a tourism site in a religiously motivated assault. The Resistance Front had claimed responsibility for that strike. Notably, this marks at least the second time India has raised the Pahalgam attack before the Security Council since the incident.

India's Broader Diplomatic Signal

India's intervention at the Council was as much a diplomatic offensive as a factual statement. By framing Pakistan's anti-India posture as a structural feature of its military-run state — rather than a bilateral grievance — New Delhi is seeking to recast the international conversation around Islamabad's conduct. 'Blaming neighbours for its own failures is an old Pakistani habit, and this attempt to hoodwink the world will fail,' Harish said. All eyes will now be on how the Security Council's permanent members respond to India's call for coordinated counter-terrorism action.