ISLAMABAD, Oct 08 (DNA): As the Israel-Hamas fight entered a second day,
Pakistan on Sunday called on the international community to intervene to
bring an end to the conflict, protect civilians and work towards a
lasting peace in the Middle East.
Federal Caretaker Minister for Foreign Affairs Jalil Abbas Jilani issued
the call for the international community to intervene. Jilani wrote a
series of tweets explaining Pakistan’s position and reaction on the
unfolding situation in the Middle East.
The foreign minister said that Pakistan was deeply concerned by the
escalating hostility in the Middle East and the loss of innocent lives.
More than 900 Israelis and Palestinians have been killed in the
conflict’s bloodiest escalation in decades which saw Hamas carry out a
massive rocket barrage and ground, air and sea offensive on Saturday,
with Israel repulsing the attack by pounding Gaza with air strikes.
“We stand in solidarity with Palestinians and call for an immediate end
to the violence and oppression by Israeli occupation forces,” Jilani
stated in one of the posts on X, erstwhile Twitter.
The minister also called for the establishment of a sovereign
Palestinian state on the basis of pre-1967 borders and according to the
United Nations resolutions.
Pakistan is “closely monitoring the unfolding situation in the Middle
East and the eruption of hostilities between Israel and Palestinians”,
the Foreign Office said in a statement released shortly after Israeli
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared a war against Palestine.
Pakistan has consistently advocated for a two-state solution as the key
to enduring peace in the Middle East, with a just, comprehensive and
lasting solution to the Palestinian question anchored in international
law and in line with relevant United Nations and OIC resolutions, the FO
said.
“A viable, sovereign and contiguous State of Palestine should be
established on the basis of pre-1967 borders, with Al Quds Al-Sharif as
its capital,” added the FO.
President Arif Alvi has also urged the international community to
intervene for preservation of peace, as he condemned Israel’s
brutalities against the Palestinians.
“Progress towards peace cannot materialise without condemnation of
usurpation & brutalisation of Palestinian rights & people by Israel
[…] Time has come to move forward in line with UN resolutions. The
international community can play a big role today towards world peace,”
Dr Alvi wrote on his X account today (Sunday).
Prime Minister Kakar, in a post on X handle, Saturday stated he was
heartbroken by the escalating violence in the Middle East which
underscored the need to address the “Palestine Question”.
“We urge restraint and protection of civilians. Enduring peace in the
Middle East lies in a two state solution with a viable, contiguous,
sovereign State of Palestine, founded on pre-1967 borders, with Al Quds
Al-Sharif at its heart,” PM Kakar went on to say.
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