NEW YORK: Pakistan’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar on Tuesday reiterated Islamabad’s call for an immediate and unconditional ceasefire in Gaza.
The Deputy PM made the remarks while delivering a statement at the Meeting of the OIC Committee on Palestine in New York.
He added that the world continues to bear witness to the painful tragedy in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, particularly Gaza.
“Since October 2023, more than 63,000 Palestinians have been killed and over 94,000 injured — the overwhelming majority of which are women and children. Civilian infrastructure — homes, hospitals, schools, aid convoys, and shelters — has been deliberately targeted,” he said.
The International Court of Justice has described the situation as a case of “plausible genocide.”
Deputy Prime Minister/Foreign Minister Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar @MIshaqDar50 addressed the OIC Committee of Six on Palestine, reaffirming Pakistan’s unwavering support for the Palestinian cause.
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He noted that despite overwhelming global calls for a ceasefire from the Security Council, the General Assembly, and the ICJ, Israel has continued its indiscriminate war on civilians, in blatant disregard of international law, international humanitarian law, and binding ICJ orders.
“The collective punishment of a besieged population — through bombing, starvation, forced displacement, and denial of humanitarian relief — is morally indefensible and legally untenable,” he said.
Ishaq Dar said in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, settler violence and military aggression are escalating, emboldened by extremist Israeli leadership determined to prolong and expand the war
He called for an immediate, permanent, and unconditional ceasefire by Israel.
Stressing that this is a defining moment for the Muslim Ummah, he called on the OIC to press urgently for a permanent ceasefire, unrestricted humanitarian access, an end to illegal settlements, accountability for war crimes, reconstruction of Gaza under the Arab-OIC plan, and the protection of Palestinian lives.
He reaffirmed that Pakistan will always stand shoulder-to-shoulder with the Palestinian people until the realisation of their inalienable right to self-determination through the establishment of an independent, sovereign State of Palestine, with Al-Quds Al-Sharif as its capital.
Ishaq Dar added that the question of Palestine is a test case for the credibility of the United Nations and of the international order.
“Justice delayed is justice denied; but when justice is denied for generations, the very foundations of peace are shattered,” he said.
The Deputy PM concluded that the wanton bloodshed and occupation must end. “The Palestinian people must be given the dignity of freedom, self-determination, and statehood,” he said.
