'Take a bow!' Netizens laud Sneha Dubey for her firm reply to Imran Khan’s comments at UNGA

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25-Sep-21

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The micro-blogging website Twitter is in love with India's First Secretary Sneha Dubey for her firm reply to Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan's Kashmir remarks at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).Khan, in his address, raked up India's 2019 decision to abrogate Article 370 as well as the death of pro-Pakistan separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani.
In her reply, Sneha Dubey accused Pakistan of sheltering and glorifying Al-Qaeda mastermind Osama bin Laden, who was who was killed by US special forces in 2011, in the army city of Abbottabad. Dubey further said the entire world has suffered because of Pakistan's policies as the country nurtures terrorists in its "backyard".
While India often ignores Pakistan's statements at the world body, Indian diplomat Sneha Dubey exercised the right to respond to Imran Khan. She accused Pakistan of giving shelter to 9/11 mastermind Osama bin Laden who was killed by US special forces in a 2011 raid in the army city of Abbottabad.
Who is this dynamic officer?
Sneha Dubey is an Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer of 2012 batch and completed her schooling from Goa. She went to Pune Fergusson College for higher studies and finally to Delhi's Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) for MPhil in international Studies.
She nurtured a dream of becoming an IFS officer from the age of 12. She cleared the civil services examination in her first attempt in 2011. Dubey is an avid traveller and believes that as an IFS officer, she has received a great opportunity to represent her country. Dubey is the first person in her family to be working as a government servant; her father works in a multinational company, while her mother is a school teacher.
Dubey's first appointment after being selected in the IFS was in the ministry of external affairs. In 2014, she went to Indian embassy in Madrid.