ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Senator Ishaq Dar has expressed Islamabad’s full support for Iran’s request to convene an Extraordinary Meeting of the OIC Foreign Ministers and confirmed that Pakistan will actively participate in this crucial meeting.
In a telephone conversation with Acting Foreign Minister of Iran Ali Bagehri Kani, Dar conveyed his solidarity with the Iranian people and leadership regarding the assassination of Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran hours later after Iran’s new President Masoud Pezeshkian oath-taking ceremony.
Dar emphasized that the people of Pakistan share Iran’s sentiments of grief.
He said that Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has strongly condemned the recent developments in Gaza and the assassination of Ismail Haniyeh Shaheed.
Furthermore, Dar highlighted that the National Assembly of Pakistan has unanimously denounced this heinous act, which is in violation of international law, established diplomatic norms, and acceptable behavior among nations.
Earlier on Thursday, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif had denounced the extraterritorial killing of Hamas Political chief Ismail Haniyeh which he described as a blatant breach of international law, and said that it had drawn widespread condemnation from Pakistan and other nations, including Turkiye, Russia, Iran, China, and Malaysia.
Ismail Haniyeh was assassinated inside a guesthouse in Iran where he had attended the swearing-in ceremony of the new President of Iran.
