Pakistan bans New Year’s celebrations in solidarity with Palestine
PM Kakar also requested the nation to show solidarity with the Palestinians and exhibit sobriety and humility at the New Year.
The government of Pakistan has banned New Year’s celebrations in solidarity with Palestine.
The ongoing Israeli offensive on Gaza has killed more than 21 thousand Palestinians including more than 8,883 children and left 1.5 million Palestinians left homeless.
Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar in a televised address to the nation on Thursday announced a complete ban on New Year celebrations in an expression of solidarity with the Palestinian people.
He said because of the situation in the Gaza Strip, the government had “completely banned all kinds of events regarding the New Year celebrations”.
PM Kakar said: “Keeping in mind the seriously concerning situation in Palestine and to show solidarity with our Palestinian brothers and sisters, there will be a strict ban by the government on holding any kind of event for New Year.”
PM Kakar also requested the nation to show solidarity with the Palestinians and exhibit sobriety and humility at the New Year.
The prime minister maintained that over 21,000 Palestinians were killed so far by the Israeli forces that “crossed all limits of violence and injustice” with around 9,000 children dead since the Israeli bombardment began on October 7.
“The whole Pakistani nation and the Muslim world are in a sheer state of anguish over the massacre of innocent children and genocide of unarmed Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank,” he added.
نہتے فلسطینیوں کی نسل کشی پر پوری امت مسلمہ شدید رنج کےعالم میں ہے۔۔۔7اکتوبر سے اب تک 21ہزار سےزیادہ فلسطینی شہید ہوچکے ہیں۔۔۔فلسطین کیلئے تیسری امدادی کھیپ جلد بھجوائی جارہی ہے۔۔۔اس حوالے سے اردن اور مصر کے ساتھ رابطے میں ہیں ۔۔۔شہریوں سے گزارش ہےکہ نئے سال کی آمد کو سادگی سے… pic.twitter.com/5VTEQGWfEM
— PTV News (@PTVNewsOfficial) December 28, 2023
