India exercised its Right of Reply at the high-level segment of the 58th Regular Session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva on Wednesday to lodge a strong retort to Pakistan after it raised the issue of Jammu and Kashmir at the multilateral global organisation.
Author: Press Trust of India
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