'Masood Azhar For Peace…': Priyanka Chaturvedi Rips Into UN Over Pakistan's Anti-Terror Role

Last Updated:June 07, 2025, 22:26 IST

Slamming the UNSC for appointing Pakistan as the vice-chair of the anti-terror panel, Chaturvedi said the decision is like saying Masood Azhar to be the professor of global peace.

Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Priyanka Chaturvedi. (File)

Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Priyanka Chaturvedi on Saturday called out Pakistan’s role and the irony of its position on the United Nations Security Council’s Counter-Terrorism Committee, saying that 52 designated terrorists reside in Pakistan.

Slamming the UNSC for appointing Pakistan as the vice-chair of the anti-terror panel, Chaturvedi said the decision is like saying Masood Azhar to be the professor of global peace.

“Pakistan has become a part of the UN Security Council. You all are aware that 52 terrorists reside in Pakistan. But they have been given the vice chairmanship of counter-terrorism," the Rajya Sabha MP, who is currently in Germany’s Berlin as part of all-party delegation, said.

“It is just like saying Masood Azhar to be the professor of global peace…It needs to be called out. The whole world is suffering due to this…" she added.

Highlighting India’s dual legacy — of peace from Mahatma Gandhi and Buddha, and of righteous resistance from Lord Krishna, Chaturvedi declared that India will not hesitate to fight terror in pursuit of justice.

“We are often told that India is a tolerant nation, yes, India is a tolerant nation. We are a land of Mahatma and Buddha, but we are also the land of Krishna. Whenever there is injustice and we have to fight with the terrorists to serve justice, we will do that without any hesitation…" she added.

Chaturvedi is a member of the delegation led by BJP MP Ravi Shankar Prasad, which includes BJP MPs Daggubati Purandeswari and Samik Bhattacharya, Congress MPs Ghulam Ali Khatana and Amar Singh, former Union Minister MJ Akbar, and former Ambassador Pankaj Saran.

Pakistan, a non-permanent member of the Security Council for the 2025-26 term, Pakistan will chair the Taliban Sanctions Committee of the UNSC.

Apart from chairing the UNSC Taliban Sanctions Committee, Pakistan will also be the vice-chair of the Counter-Terrorism Committee of the 15-nation UN body. According to a list of chairs of the subsidiary bodies of the UN Security Council, Denmark will chair the 1267 ISIL and Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee of the UN Security Council, while Russia and Sierra Leone will be vice-chairs for 2025.

Meanwhile, India, which co-chaired the Counter Terrorism Committee in 2022, has consistently reminded the international community that Pakistan is host to the world’s largest number of UN-proscribed terrorists and entities, including notorious terrorist Osama bin Laden, who was found and eliminated by American forces in Pakistan in 2011.

(With inputs from agencies)

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