Lahore
Talking to media, Allama Tahir Ashrafi, Special Assistant to the Prime Minister for Religious Harmony, appealed to the people of the country to fully participate in expressing solidarity with the Palestinians tomorrow. He said that precautionary measures against the Corona epidemic should be taken in this regard. Should also be adopted.
He announced that special prayers would be offered after Friday prayers gatherings across the country and resolutions would be approved. Gatherings would also be held.
Maulana Tahir Ashrafi said that we pray to Allah and we are hopeful that the efforts that are being made will prove to be effective. The first stage is ceasefire, this killing should stop bloodshed and the second stage is one. The establishment of an independent Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital.
He said that Al-Aqsa was ours yesterday, it is ours today, Al-Quds was ours yesterday, it is still ours today, no one should be misunderstood, this ummah stands with the oppressed Palestinians and Kashmiris despite all its weaknesses. Will remain
He said that a concerted and active role was needed to move this work forward, as the opposition and all the ruling parties in the National Assembly of Pakistan had expressed solidarity at the request of the Prime Minister yesterday. Solidarity with the Palestinian people will be expressed throughout the country.
He said that it would include people belonging to all religions and schools of thought, as every human being should raise his voice with this issue of humanity.
In response to a question, he said that there is no doubt that what is happening in Palestine is the weakness of the Ummah but Pakistan is trying to unite and unite this Ummah, we are going to each door.
He said that the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) is the only united organization of the Muslim Ummah, we are the builders, it was laid in front of the Punjab Assembly on the same Mall Road, for which we are with all the brotherly Islamic countries. We are in touch to try to do better.
“Some colleagues asked if we wanted to send donations, but the Palestinian embassy said they were not allowed to receive money or aid from their government, to which I told them financially,” he said. We can do a lot without aid. Maulana Tahir Ashrafi said that the government is looking at a mechanism in which aid reaches the Palestinians.
He said that Pakistan is a strong force in the world of Islam, why we are afraid that we are very weak, when the voice is raised from Pakistan, it has an effect all over the world and other people in the convoy of the foreign minister. Have joined
At the same time, he said that our words carry more weight because the only two countries in the world, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan, are those countries which have no diplomatic or economic relationship with Israel.
It may be recalled that while addressing the Palestinian issue in the National Assembly on May 18, Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi had said that the Leader of the Opposition had suggested celebrating Friday as a day of solidarity with the Palestinians, which the Prime Minister also agreed to. ۔
He had announced that on Friday, May 21, he would give a voice to the nation and express solidarity with the Palestinians in a peaceful and dignified manner.
It should be noted that the latest operations in Palestine began when extremist Jews attacked and tortured Muslims in the last decade of the month of Ramadan at the Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem.
At the same time, the forcible eviction of Palestinian families from their homes in the Sheikh Jarrah district of Jerusalem increased tensions.
The Israeli bombardment of Gaza since May 10 has killed 230 Palestinians, including 65 children and 39 women, and injured more than 1,700.
As a result of the Israeli attacks, about 450 buildings in Gaza have been destroyed or badly damaged, including six hospitals and nine primary health care centers, and more than 52,000 people have been displaced.
