ISLAMABAD-
Pakistan observed a day of mourning in solidarity with the victims of Gaza who are being subjected to terror and war crimes by Israel, a private news channel reported.
The national flag flew at half mast over the Parliament and all state institutions.
The day is being observed on the call of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif who has also announced to contribute one million dollars for the victims of Gaza on UN appeal.
The appeal came a day after Pakistan voted along with other U.N. Human Rights Council members to launch a probe into Israel’s offensive in the territory, with rights chief Navi Pillay saying the Jewish state’s military actions could amount to war crimes.
The 47-member council backed a Palestinian-drafted resolution by 29 votes, with Arab and fellow Muslim countries joined by China and Russia, plus Latin American and African nations.
“The blockade of Gaza must be ended in order to allow access of any humanitarian assistance,” Pakistan’s most senior foreign office bureaucrat Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry told a press briefing.
“And that is why even in the U.N. Security Council and later in U.N. Human Rights Council we called for humanitarian pauses,” Chaudhry said. “Unless this blockade is lifted we cannot send any relief assistance,” he continued.
Some 746 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza since Israel launched a military operation to halt rocket fire from the besieged territory on July 8.
Chaudhry said the Israeli military offensive had led to the killings in Gaza of “innocent non-combatant and unarmed Palestinians including women and children.”
“We have spoken clearly and unambiguously in the United Nations Security Council yesterday and call for an end to hostilities and to revive the peace talks,” he added.
He said Pakistan was also actively working with Muslim and like-minded countries to secure humanitarian access to those who are badly wounded and stranded in the shelters.
This mess will never end until people come to their senses, realise that we are in the 21st century, and put the dangerous stupidity behind them. There are no gods, just manipulative 'shamen' who seek to control the gullible. To paraphrase the shahada…if there is no god, then mohammed cannnot have been his prophet. We need a secular middle east and a secular world
today last friday of holy month of ramadan 2014 today National & International day of Baitul-Muqadas
In August 1979, the late founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Grand Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, declared the last Friday of the fasting month of Ramadan the International QudsDay
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