India exercises its Right of Reply at the United Nations General Assembly and responds to Pakistan Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbas's statements on Kashmir, seeking UN intervention.

"It is extraordinary that the state which protected Osama Bin Laden and sheltered Mullah Omar should have the gumption to play victim," India says.

"In its short history, Pakistan has become a geography synonymous with terror. The quest for a land of pure has actually produced 'the land of pure terror',' it said.

"Pakistan is now 'Terroristan', with a flourishing industry producing and exporting global terrorism," India said in its strong reply.

It also said that 'Pakistan must understand that the State of J&K is and will always remain an integral part of India'.

"However much it (Pakistan) scales up cross border terrorism,it will never succeed in undermining India's territorial integrity," India said.

"Even as terrorists thrive in Pakistan and roam its streets with impunity, we have heard it lecture about protection of human rights in India. The world does not need lessons on democracy and human rights from a country whose own situation is charitably described as a failed state," India said. -- ANI

IMAGE: Pakistani Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi in Manhattan, New York. Photograph: Jeenah Moon/Reuters