From Menahill Rashid.
FAISALABAD: Serious and sincere efforts of Pakistan and Turkey coupled with unity among Muslim Ummah have forced Israel to announce unilateral ceasefire in Gaza.
Addressing a rally organized by the Faisalabad Chamber of Commerce & Industry (FCCI) to express solidarity with the Palestinian brethrens, Engineer Hafiz Ihtasham Javed President FCCI said that Pakistan has played a lead role in motivating Muslim Ummah and shaking the world conscious over the genocide of Palestinians including innocent children and women. He said that international pressure forced Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu to immediately announce a ceasefire in the Gaza strip. He lamented that Israeli jets have flattened the Gaza during two week long pounding and indiscriminate firing. He said that a large number of Palestinians including women and children were martyred while thousands sustained fatal and serious injuries. “The continuous fight was brewing a human tragedy in this region as the people living in the direct hit-zone were deprived of all basic amenities including most essential health facilities. He said that this situation forced Muslims and other communities across the globe to condemn Israeli barbarism”, he said and added that in this connection hundreds of protest rallies were arranged throughout the world to express solidarity with the innocent and unarmed Palestinians who were being expelled from their own land.
Engineer Hafiz Ihtasham Javed said that the inhabitants of Kashmir were also facing a similar situation as the valley has been converted into the world’s biggest open Jail with no basic facilities. He said that the fallout of Indian atrocities in Kashmir has turned this country into the graveyard of corona patients and this situation may further aggravate if India fails to give fundamental rights to the Kashmiri people. He said that India should immediately stop aggression or it will be dismembered because of its own inhuman acts. Representing the business community of Faisalabad, Engineer Hafiz Ihtasham Javed said that Pakistan is against all types of suppressive measures in any part of the county as these are an open threat to global peace. He further said that the international community must realize that they are unintentionally promoting hate and confrontation by denying rights to the poor and helpless people whose basic and fundamental rights have been usurped by the influential powers. “This situation is also detrimental to the world economic system”, he said and added that the world must make conscious efforts at all levels for a durable peace by adopting the “live and let other live” policy. He said that the UN has already adopted a resolution proposing two state systems in Palestine. Similarly the Kashmir issue should also be resolved by giving them the fundamental right of franchise. He said that the nation must keep up the current tempo so that the Kashmir problem could also be resolved without any further delay.
Senior Vice President Chaudhary Talat Mahmood, Rana Ikramullah, Chaudhary Muhammad Nawaz, Engineer Babar Shehzad, Kashif Zia, Arif Ehsan Malik, Ghulam Hussain and other business leaders also participated in this rally and raised slogans in favor of Palestinians people. Later Haji Abid prayed for immediate resolution of the most chronic issues of Palestine and Kashmir.
