'Was Lashkar also involved in the attack?' Pakistan asked 'tough questions' by UNSC members over Pahalgam attack

Against increasing hostility between India and Pakistan, the UNSC i.e. United Nations Security Council convened in closed-door meeting. It has come to the report that at that time many questions have been raised to Pakistan from the UN. All the 15 members of the UNSC, of which 10 were non-permanent and 5 were permanent, attended the meeting. The situation between India and Pakistan turned bitter after the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack, in which 40 CRPF personnel were killed.

UNSC members also rejected the claim of Pakistan

The UNSC had asked Pakistan in The Tribune report if Lashkar-e-Taiba also played a role in the attack. Media reports say that all the members of the council asked a lot of questions to Pakistan during the informal session. Members think that the current issues between India and Pakistan should be sorted out at the bilateral level. Following the report, the UNSC members also rejected the claim of Pakistan that the terror attack had been launched by India. The council reportedly requested Pakistan to say if LeT had played any part in the terror attack.

UNSC Meeting

Greece, President of the United Nations Security Council for May, convened a session on Monday on a request from Pakistan. Pakistan is a current non-permanent member of the Security Council. The Security Council session continued for nearly an hour and a half on Monday afternoon. The session was not conducted in the UNSC chamber but in the consultation room next door.

Pakistan is now a non-permanent member

The Security Council did not make a statement following the meeting but Pakistan asserted that its goals have "largely been met". Pakistan is now a non-permanent member of the 15-member influential Security Council, which had asked for "closed-door consultations" on the situation among the nuclear-armed neighbours.