Islamabad: Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry disclosed on Tuesday that Pakistan would send aid to Palestine to help the country deal with the Covid-19 pandemic and the medical emergency situation created by Israeli air strikes that have been ongoing for more than a week.
Addressing a press conference in Islamabad after a meeting of the federal cabinet, he said Pakistan was the first Islamic country that adopted a “very clear and strong stance on Palestine” which it was standing by even today. The foundation of Pakistan’s policy on Palestine was laid down by the Quaid-i-Azam and Prime Minister Imran Khan was its “trustee”, he added.
Chaudhry said that Pakistan’s leadership and efforts for Palestine were being “accepted by the entire Muslim ummah”, including Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas and the country’s ambassador to Pakistan who had thanked Pakistan for its support.
“[Turkish President Recep Tayyip] Erdogan said what was in his heart for Palestine was on Imran Khan’s tongue. There is a very big role of Prime Minister Imran Khan.”
A day earlier, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi left for Turkey on a diplomatic mission to bring the international community’s attention to the worsening situation in Palestine.
After Turkey, Qureshi will leave for New York with the foreign ministers of Palestine, Turkey and Sudan where he will hold “important meetings” with dignitaries and “raise a voice [for] oppressed Palestinians in the United Nations General Assembly”. APP
