Islamabad, Jan 25 (TIWN) Pakistan and India engaged in a heated debate, filled with accusations against each other, over deteriorating minority rights in each other's countries at the UN General Assembly (UNGA).

Pakistan's contention on the resolution was with reference to the demolition of the Babri Masjid in India.   India's assertion against Pakistan on burning down of a Hindu shrine in Khyber Pukhtunkhwa's Karak district, Islamabad termed it "unwarranted assertions", stating that "India should set its own house in order rather than feigning concerns for minority rights elsewhere".   

"This is not the first time India has tried to feign concern for minority rights elsewhere while being the most egregious and persistent violator of minority rights itself," said Zulqarnain Cheema, the Pakistani delegate at the UNGA.   On the other hand, India's representative raised serious questions over Islamabad being the co-sponsor of the resolution.   "It was ironic that Pakistan was one of the co-sponsors of the resolution. The attack on the Karak shrine was carried out with the explicit support of law enforcement agencies," said the Indian representative.   

"The resolution cannot be smokescreen or countries like Pakistan to hide behind," he added.