New York, Oct. 11 -- India on Sunday slammed Pakistan for its false accusations over the treatment of religious minorities in the country, calling it a "tactical diversion" from Islamabad's own record on minority rights and press freedom.

Delivering her reply in reponse to Pakistan's remarks on the UN General Assembly Sixth Committee agenda "Rule of Law at National and International Levels", Mythili R, a Counsellor in India's Permanent Mission to the UN, slammed Islamabad for preaching to other nations about the rule of law, while practising the exact opposite.

She defined Pakistan as a place where "the army is the rule and the law" and where judicial independence and political opposition are mere terms.

"At the UN, Pakistan lectures o...