ISLAMABAD:
The Foreign Office on Thursday urged the international community to step in to end Israel’s genocidal campaign against the Palestinians in Gaza, while condemning the Jewish state’s systematic campaign to weaponise aid and dehumanise the Palestinian people.
Foreign Office spokesperson Shafqat Ali Khan told his weekly press briefing that the Israeli attempts to dismantle operations of the humanitarian agencies, including the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) were unacceptable.
The spokesperson condemned Israeli assault against the people of West Bank and Gaza, which resulted in the loss of innocent lives, including women and children, blockade of humanitarian aid, and halting electricity supply to Gaza.
“We call for an immediate cessation of hostilities in West Bank and Gaza; protection of civilians; and unrestricted humanitarian access to those in urgent need,” Khan said. “We also urge the international community to hold Israel accountable for its war crimes and crimes against humanity,” he remarked.
The spokesperson also denounced the India’s decision to declare the Awami Action Committee (AAC) and the Jammu and Kashmir Ittihad-ul-Muslimeen (JKIM) in IIOJK as “unlawful association” for a period of five years.
He pointed out that the AAC was led by a prominent political and religious leader, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, while the JKIM was founded by another notable political and religious leader, Maulana Mohammad Abbas Ansari, who headed it till his demise in 2022.
“The recent decision increases the total number of outlawed Kashmiri political parties and organisations to 16. Banning different political parties and organisations is yet another manifestation of the Indian authorities’ iron-fisted approach in the IIOJK,” the spokesperson remarked. (WITH INPUT FROM APP)
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