ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar on Friday reaffirmed Islamabad’s support for the people of Palestine, rejecting Israeli “aggression and war crimes” and urging a permanent ceasefire and unhindered humanitarian access to Gaza.
Dar made the remarks during a meeting with a four-member Palestinian delegation led by Mahmoud Al-Habbash, presidential adviser and supreme judge, who is visiting Pakistan to attend a religious conference marking the Prophet’s birth, the foreign office said in a statement.
“[Dar] reaffirmed Pakistan’s unwavering solidarity with the Palestinian people and their just struggle for freedom, dignity & statehood,” according to the statement.
He also “firmly rejected Israeli aggression and war crimes: genocide, starvation, man-made famine, mass killings, settlements, annexations and forced displacement.”
The deputy prime minister called for a permanent and unconditional ceasefire and unhindered humanitarian aid for the besieged enclave, the statement added.
