New York – Pakistan will use the occasion of the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA 80) that commences on September 9, 2025, to raise awareness of its ongoing concerns about its security, including what it claims to be state-sponsored terrorism by its neighbours.
It will also send a strong message to the international community to keep a serious eye on conspiracies to destabilize the country by the country that has suffered immeasurable losses in the form of human and capital losses. The UNGA 80 will offer a vitally important diplomatic platform through which Pakistan can plead its case, particularly when it is experiencing a convergence of both traditional and contemporary security threats.
The 80th session, which opens on September 9 with a high-level general debate between September 23 and 29, is themed Better Together: 80 Years and more for Peace, Development and Human Rights.
The meeting will reaffirm global dedication to multilateralism and revitalize collaboration on such issues as the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and climate change. But to Pakistan, involvement is closely linked to its current war on terrorism.
The India-Afghanistan Two-Front Threat
Pakistan continues to insist that it is an eternal victim of state-sponsored terrorism, with the militant groups acting on the territory of both India and Afghanistan. Fighting terrorism has cost the country more than 80,000 lives and cost the nation more than 150 billion as economic costs. Nevertheless, Pakistan is still fighting the battle, and the threats continue.
Based on the given data, there are organizations supported by India, namely, Baloch Liberation Front (BLF) and Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA), operating in Balochistan. The BLA is characterized as a global terrorist entity, which, according to Pakistan, is an indication of an organized Indian proxy war. Meanwhile, the outlawed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) still strikes in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province and supposedly acts with impunity in Afghanistan, a country that, according to Pakistan, is not taking decisive action against the group.
A New Dimension to the Threat
Pakistan is no longer threatened by only its immediate neighbours. Another emerging and threatening trend has been brought to the fore with the perceived participation of Israeli-related groups.
A group of Israeli-linked think tank Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) has initiated a project called the Balochistan Study Project, which the government of Pakistan perceives as an effort to connect old Indian networks with Israeli links in a larger conspiracy to destabilize the nation. Some analysts have characterized this project as an effort to depoliticize the Baloch national struggle by disregarding the internal dynamics of the area when launched in June 2025.
These complex security issues are likely to feature in the speech of the Pakistani delegation, which consists of both Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar. It is the opinion of Pakistan that sustainable peace and development can only be achieved once state-sponsored terrorism is eradicated.
It will request the United Nations to give serious consideration to the threats against a member state of 240 million people. The diplomatic policy of Pakistan will emphasize the role of these external conspiracies and cross-border terrorism in undermining stability in the region.
Both the Prime Minister of Pakistan, Shehbaz Sharif, and the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, are set to give their speeches on the same day, during the high-level General Debate.
This offers a clear platform through which Pakistan can react to the narrative of New Delhi and highlight concerns such as Kashmir and peace in the region as the key aspects of global security.
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