Pakistan condemns Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh’s killing in Tehran attack
Wire desk byline Sourced from Xinhua, Dawn, Arab News, Anadolu and Minute Mirror. Translated and abridged by the GSRRA Desk.
FO expresses condolences to Haniyeh’s family and the Palestinian people
Pakistan has strongly condemned the assassination of Ismail Haniyeh, head of Hamas’ political bureau, in Tehran.
The Foreign Office spokesperson expressed deep condolences to Haniyeh’s family and the Palestinian people, condemning all forms of terrorism, including extrajudicial killings.
“We express our sympathies to his family and the Palestinian people,” the spokesperson stated.
“Pakistan condemns terrorism in all its forms, including such extrajudicial killings.”
The spokesperson also expressed Pakistan’s deep concern over the increasing Israeli aggression in the region.
“Pakistan is deeply concerned about the growing Israeli adventurism. These actions are a dangerous escalation in an already unstable region and undermine peace efforts,” the statement read.
Ismail Haniyeh was killed in an attack in Tehran while attending the inauguration ceremony of Iran’s newly elected president.
The assassination was carried out late at night, targeting Haniyeh and his bodyguard.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard and Hamas have both blamed Israel for the assassination.
However, Israel has not yet confirmed or denied these allegations.
Zamir Ahmed Awan is the founder and Chair of the Global Silk Route Research Alliance, a think tank in Islamabad. He studied engineering at Shanghai University in the 1980s, and years later he went back to China as Pakistan's science counsellor in Beijing, from 2010 until 2016, working on science and higher education cooperation between the two countries.…
