The nation will observe Solidarity Day with Palestinian people on Monday (today) to condemn the Israeli brutalities in Gaza and Lebanon on the competition of one year since Israeli forces started their genocide campaign in Gaza. The decision to observe October 7 as the Palestinian Solidarity Day was taken in a meeting between Prime Minister Shehbaz and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari. It was also agreed that both the president and the prime minister would attend the APC. The prime minister also met with Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Ameer Hafiz Naeemur Rehman in Islamabad and both sides agreed to observe the solidarity day. Meanwhile, the government and the PPP formed a joint committee for Palestine Solidarity Day and All Parties Conference, comprising Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar, Khawaja Saad Rafiq, Sherry Rehman and Nayyar Bukhari.

Source: The Nation October 07, 2024 01:51 UTC