Pakistan PM urges ceasefire, delivery of humanitarian aid to Gaza in meeting with UN chief
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has met United Nations (UN) Secretary-General António Guterres and urged him to play his role for a ceasefire in Gaza and ensure delivery of humanitarian aid to the territory, Sharif’s office said on Saturday.
The meeting took place on the sidelines of the 80th session of the UN General Assembly, being held in the backdrop of Israel’s nearly two-year war on Gaza, which has killed over 65,000 Palestinians since Oct. 2023, and its military actions against other Middle Eastern states as well as raging conflicts elsewhere in the world.
Sharif and Guterres discussed strengthening multilateralism, climate finance for developing nations, India’s announcement of putting the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) in abeyance, the Kashmir dispute and externally sponsored militancy in Pakistan, according to the Pakistan prime minister’s office.
“Sharing serious concern over the burning issue of Gaza, the Prime Minister reaffirmed Pakistan’s support for efforts for an immediate ceasefire and ending the war, provision of humanitarian assistance, and opening a political horizon for an irreversible path to Palestinian statehood,” Sharif’s office said.
