A specific lobby is working overtime to ensure that Pakistan loses its GSP+ status. Indian-backed voices such as Gary Cartwright, whose campaign against Pakistan’s GSP+ is eagerly amplified by Indian media, are raising issues out of context and cherry-picking numbers to cast Pakistan in a poor light. Their narrative omits India from the discussion entirely.
Despite its own glaring violations, India continues to enjoy EU Standard GSP preferences, while Indian-backed lobbies have the audacity to question Pakistan’s GSP+ compliance. Before pointing fingers at Pakistan, India should answer for:
11 million people trapped in modern slavery, the highest number of any country in the world.
29,536 rape cases and 441,534 crimes against women registered in 2024.
Widespread bonded labour and human trafficking.
Air pollution reaching nearly 10 times WHO guideline levels.
India’s brutal occupation and systematic persecution in IIOJK, where even family homes are not spared, with at least nine houses demolished between 24 and 27 April 2025 alone.
Demolition of 861 Muslim religious structures, including 57 mosques.
Extrajudicial killings of Muslims and state-backed impunity for hate crimes. At least 27 Muslims were killed by state actors in 2026, the highest figure since 2022. State involvement has been established in 119 hate-crime incidents between January and September 2026.
India’s transnational repression has also reached North America. The world has not forgotten the assassination of Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Canada in June 2023. And why look to the past when criminal outfits like the Bishnoi gang, which Canadian police say is connected to agents of the Government of India and acts on its behalf, continue to operate under the patronage and protection of Indian state networks?
And this is just the tip of the iceberg. Beyond these metrics, corruption, institutionalised discrimination and judicial impunity remain part of India’s own record.
A country such as India, drowning in its own failures, should stop manufacturing scrutiny of Pakistan. Clean up your own house before lecturing others.
SAT Commentaries, a collection of insightful social media threads on current events and social issues, featuring diverse perspectives from various authors.
India’s Lobby Targets Pakistan’s GSP+ While Hiding Its Own Record
A specific lobby is working overtime to ensure that Pakistan loses its GSP+ status. Indian-backed voices such as Gary Cartwright, whose campaign against Pakistan’s GSP+ is eagerly amplified by Indian media, are raising issues out of context and cherry-picking numbers to cast Pakistan in a poor light. Their narrative omits India from the discussion entirely.
Despite its own glaring violations, India continues to enjoy EU Standard GSP preferences, while Indian-backed lobbies have the audacity to question Pakistan’s GSP+ compliance. Before pointing fingers at Pakistan, India should answer for:
11 million people trapped in modern slavery, the highest number of any country in the world.
29,536 rape cases and 441,534 crimes against women registered in 2024.
Widespread bonded labour and human trafficking.
Air pollution reaching nearly 10 times WHO guideline levels.
India’s brutal occupation and systematic persecution in IIOJK, where even family homes are not spared, with at least nine houses demolished between 24 and 27 April 2025 alone.
Demolition of 861 Muslim religious structures, including 57 mosques.
Extrajudicial killings of Muslims and state-backed impunity for hate crimes. At least 27 Muslims were killed by state actors in 2026, the highest figure since 2022. State involvement has been established in 119 hate-crime incidents between January and September 2026.
India’s transnational repression has also reached North America. The world has not forgotten the assassination of Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Canada in June 2023. And why look to the past when criminal outfits like the Bishnoi gang, which Canadian police say is connected to agents of the Government of India and acts on its behalf, continue to operate under the patronage and protection of Indian state networks?
And this is just the tip of the iceberg. Beyond these metrics, corruption, institutionalised discrimination and judicial impunity remain part of India’s own record.
A country such as India, drowning in its own failures, should stop manufacturing scrutiny of Pakistan. Clean up your own house before lecturing others.
SAT Commentary
SAT Commentaries, a collection of insightful social media threads on current events and social issues, featuring diverse perspectives from various authors.
SAT Commentary
Recent
India’s Lobby Targets Pakistan’s GSP+ While Hiding Its Own Record
A specific lobby is working overtime to ensure that Pakistan loses its GSP+ status. Indian-backed voices such as Gary Cartwright, whose campaign against Pakistan’s GSP+
Kulgam: Allegations Before Evidence
On 11 November 2026, early afternoon unidentified motorcycle-borne assailants opened fire on Indian security personnel at a checkpoint near Mir Bazar in Kulgam, Indian held
Why India’s Routes to Kabul Cannot Yet Replace Pakistan’s
Afghanistan’s transit trade through Pakistan fell to $367 million in FY26 from nearly $5 billion in FY21. Afghan media reports put the collapse in exports
Kulgam Attack Exposes Another Indian Intelligence Failure And The Same Old Blame Game
On 11 November 2026, at around 1:45 pm (PKT), unidentified motorcycle-borne assailants opened fire on CRPF personnel at a checkpoint near Mir Bazar in Kulgam,
Israel’s E1 Gamble Defies International Law And Palestinian Statehood
Israel’s decision to open bidding on 1 December for 2,167 illegal settlement homes in the E1 area, east of occupied East Jerusalem, is a grave