S. Jaishankar criticized Pakistan’s role in promoting terrorism, highlighting their double-dealing in Afghanistan and persistent “bad habits.” He emphasized that the 2008 Mumbai attacks marked a turning point in India-Pakistan relations, signaling a shift in India’s tolerance. Jaishankar also linked national progress to the strength and quality of a nation’s universities.

The Ministry of External Affairs said Pakistan had no locus standi to comment on India’s internal matter and highlighted Islamabad’s own failures of protecting minorities.

Trump said Harvard”should lose its Tax Exempt Status and be Taxed as a Political Entity” if the elite college does not agree to his demands for the college to change how it runs itself.