Pakistan condemns Israeli aggression in Palestine: FO
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ISLAMABAD: Foreign Office spokeswoman Tasneem Aslam on Wednesday said that Pakistan condemns Israeli aggression and supports the international community’s efforts in bringing about a cessation of unilateral Israeli strikes killing Palestinians, including women and children.
“Pakistan is deeply concerned over the recent escalation of violence and loss of lives in Gaza and has consistently supported the Palestinian cause, especially the two-state solution which paves the way for a viable, geographically contiguous Palestinian state, created on the basis of pre-1967 borders, with Al Quds Al-Sharif as its capital,” she added.
The FO spokeswoman also said that Pakistan supports a peaceful democratic transition of power in Afghanistan.
In a statement issued by the Foreign Office, Aslam said Pakistan extended all possible support for holding peaceful presidential elections in the neighbouring country.
Aslam said Pakistan took several measures to enhance vigilance and security along the border during the first and second rounds of elections on April 5 and June 14 respectively.
The spokeswoman said Pakistan has also constantly emphasised that it would respect the democratic choice of the Afghan people.
Aslam expressed the hope that all issues relating to preliminary results would be resolved through dialogue within the framework of Afghanistan's Constitution and laws.
She said a peaceful, stable, unified and prosperous Afghanistan is vital for regional peace and stability.
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Jul 09, 2014 04:23pm
Agreed. But why FO was silent on the news of restriction on Ramazan fasting in China.
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Jul 09, 2014 04:30pm
@Alok
Correct and why FO is silent about Hamas Rockets?
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Jul 09, 2014 04:42pm
@Ganga Din Hamas Rockets? I dare you to kick some people out of their land, build houses on their own land in front of their eyes, deny them right to live decently, deprive them of water and food, barricade them, bomb them, gas them and tank them, take away their jobs and shops, kill their children, treat them as third class citizens and not receive rockets in return. This is colonization of our times and you know what makes it uglier: it is not aimed at domination but extermination.
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Jul 09, 2014 04:57pm
@Talha Look who is talking .. What about conditions of people of other religions in pakistan
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Jul 09, 2014 05:10pm
@Ganga Din yes I wonder why FO is silent about indian involvement in balochistan and terrorism in Pakistan as well?
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Jul 09, 2014 05:14pm
Make it simple rather than giving statements. Send supplies and troops to Gaza for their protection and well-being. Lets see how much concerned you really are if you say that you are!
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Jul 09, 2014 05:19pm
Kindly stop meddling on the affairs of Middle-East. Why doesn't FO takes any measure regarding the ongoing religious aggression in Pakistan.
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Jul 09, 2014 05:44pm
It's a month of Ramadan, we need to show our support by sending them Aid in GAZA..
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Jul 09, 2014 05:50pm
I think we should first solve our own problems first, before we worry about issues that don't even affect or concern us.
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Jul 09, 2014 05:56pm
@Talha
seems brief description of what minorities are facing in Pakistan!
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Jul 09, 2014 06:08pm
@PakistanRocks : you need to stop watching Pak TV. India is not Pakistan to do such things. India has better things to do than interfering in Pakistan's internal affairs.
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Jul 09, 2014 06:23pm
Pakistan should mind its own business......
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Jul 09, 2014 06:34pm
@PakistanRocks Pakistani with rocks for brain rather!
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Jul 09, 2014 06:43pm
@Talha Then you have to apologize or condemn the act of Arab and mogul for taking land of Indian before few hundred years.
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Jul 09, 2014 06:52pm
@KRana@Seoul - Why just Arabs...why not British "taking land of Indian"...and why do the Indians keep giving it?
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Jul 09, 2014 06:53pm
So FO what are you doing about it? Go for tea?
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Jul 09, 2014 07:00pm
Gaza and the West Bank should be supported against Israel, and I believe it is a shame that all we can do is condemn attacks but never send relief for the people affected.
If we're going to ignore these people now because of some crisis in our country, I wouldn't be surprised if we start recognizing and trading with the Occupied Palestinian regime in the future. Egypt is a living proof that a simple treaty between Egypt and Israel (Camp David Accords) has now resulted in the two states collaborating much more than Turkey and Israel
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Jul 09, 2014 07:04pm
@Talha
Are you talking about the minorities in Pakistan?
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Jul 09, 2014 07:05pm
@Ganga Din -'cause a foreign country has been established on the land that belonged to the 'Hamas' people. Kapish?
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Jul 09, 2014 07:15pm
A @Harmony Local Indians never gave land to british it was Jahagir (again afgan) who gave land to british first time
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Jul 09, 2014 08:20pm
Condemn is ok, but we should try & reform our own society first where minority is always dominated and unacceptable. Lets start with self. If we provide equal rights and treatment to minority automatically extremist attitude is taken care.
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Jul 09, 2014 09:00pm
I don't understand why people are mixing Palestinian issue with plight of minorities in Pakistan or for that matter anywhere in the world be it Kashmir, Tamils or East Timor or Southern Sudan. They are all our demons. Please don't think as Pakistani or Indian. Think about it as a human. When you blame Palestinians and condone Israel you encourage colonialism, barbarianism and savagery.
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Jul 09, 2014 09:10pm
@kapil So an Indian on a Pakistani news website telling us to mind our own business!
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Jul 09, 2014 09:13pm
@Ravi Dallas TX lmao! You are asking him to stop watching Pakistani news, yet here you are reading Pakistani news. If Pakistani news media is so bad, why you on this website?
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Jul 09, 2014 09:21pm
To all the people commenting, that Pakistan should be concerned about their own problems. Condemnding aggression and sympathising with the victim will not harm us in any way. Atleast we were brave enough to condemn the action, but we are still waiting for Palestine to condemn Indian aggression in Kashmir
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Jul 09, 2014 09:21pm
Foolish govt. We should keep our mouths shut to avoid getting into trouble.
Let fat rich Arab Kingdoms and Iran deal with it.
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Jul 09, 2014 09:34pm
That is about all Pakistan can do, that is about all Oraganization of Islamic countries can do. Israel, the bully of middle east can go around, slap any body and get away with it. Arab countries especially Petro dollar rich countries can't lift a finger because of their vested interests.
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Jul 09, 2014 10:08pm
@Agon Similar to you people getting on to indian sites giving us advice with concealed identities...
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Jul 09, 2014 10:12pm
@DMDiL Can we send javed Naqvi please to Palestine?
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Jul 09, 2014 10:12pm
@Alok Higher than Himalayas....
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Jul 09, 2014 10:17pm
'"Israel need not apologize for the assassination or destruction of those who seek to destroy it.The first order of business for any country is the protection of its people." Washington Jewish Week, October 9, 1997
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Jul 09, 2014 10:18pm
"Foreign Office spokeswoman Tasneem Aslam on Wednesday said that Pakistan condemns Israeli aggression and supports the international community
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Jul 09, 2014 10:24pm
FO & Tasneem Aslam , what a pity !
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Jul 09, 2014 10:40pm
@New Planet Well if you are comparing what Israel is doing in Palestine to this nonsense then let me compare the conditions of minorities in India too..At least Pakistanis never burned a train full of people from another religion (Samjoota express) neither did we ever go on a killing spree which killed more than 1000 people in just one week (Gujrat massacre of muslims). we didn't burn 4000 christian homes in Orissa in just one week making 50000 christians homeless, killing 59 while more than 10000 were injured. Pakistan's treatment of minorities is 1000 times better than what India is doing with them.
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Jul 09, 2014 10:41pm
@Agon u got that right my friend....
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Jul 09, 2014 10:43pm
@Talha Please refer to your sentence once again,"I don't understand why people are mixing Palestinian issue with plight of minorities in Pakistan or for that matter anywhere in the world be it Kashmir, Tamils or East Timor or Southern Sudan. They are all our demons. "
U mean minorities in Pakistan r demons.
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Jul 09, 2014 11:00pm
Have guts to condem china also. then you may sound unbiased.
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Jul 09, 2014 11:07pm
Why do we have to poke our nose on this issue. Let us mind our own house first.
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Jul 09, 2014 11:11pm
This is the genocide of the occupied Palestinian people "on-line" and just the verbal condemnation of it by Pakistan or the Arab League or the OIC, makes the things even more tragic.
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Jul 09, 2014 11:38pm
after bombing and displacing at least 500,000 people in its own country
Pakistan condemns Israeli aggression
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Jul 09, 2014 11:55pm
@Alok That was stupid propaganda!
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Jul 10, 2014 12:03am
Pity my Indian friends for their stupidity they can't differentiate figure out who is the aggressor and victim between the palestinians and Israelis. Or in their hatred for Islam and Pakistan they choose to stand with the oppressor. So much for the bigotry.
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Jul 10, 2014 12:14am
I am from China and a muslim in Xian province. We have always been oppressed. Soldiers routinely come to our locality and beat up the young people. We have pleaded with Pak and Saudi to raise this issue with China. But no one has done it. I met Pak officials some time back when they came on a visit, they told me that the PK government had told them not to criticize or raise this issue with Chinese officials. Many of us are taken routinely and thrown in prison for slightest of resistence, many dont return. Why dont you all folks who come to these websites condemn this activity and help our cause. We are not asking for independence, just a right to be treated as humans and to live peacefully in our country. But our country is trying to exterminate us but no one cares. I am almost in tears as I write this. My uncle who went to Mecca, met many officials there who also refused to help us. They even told us they wont help us put our case out to the international community. Now i hear there is talk to displacing us all like the Rohingya so that we can never claim our house and our land is ours and become refuges in our own country. I guess killing refugees is easier and no one complains. I many times wonder why Allah is doing this to us.
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Jul 10, 2014 12:17am
Muslim killing muslims by bombing civilians in NW is fine. But how dare Israel bomb muslims in Palestine.
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Jul 10, 2014 12:35am
A nuclear power Pakistan, full of bravado but an empty shell without any clout in international affairs , routinely condemns middle east bully,Israel. Let those petro dollar rich Saudis and abominably rich Sheikhs of UAE take the lead.
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Jul 10, 2014 12:48am
It simply lacks the capacity to say anything in the international stage bcoz no one is listening!!
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Jul 10, 2014 01:10am
Let's be concerned about our own being killen rather then sticking our nose in another country.
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Jul 10, 2014 01:18am
Why1.4 Billion Muslims all over the world not boycotting any one who does business with Israel?
Show them your power to stop this please.
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Jul 10, 2014 01:29am
Israelis are killing Palestinians - In Iraq, Iraqis are killing Iraqis, in Syria, Syrians are killing Syrians, in Pakistan, Pakistanis are killing Pakistanis, etc. Before we protest, shouldn't we get our house in order first?
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Jul 10, 2014 01:54am
@wasim And much less for Pakistan's silence on suppression of not Muslims, but Islam, by China ??? and nearly 50,000 muslims killed in Pakistan why fellow muslims ???? I wonder you guys talk of others when your hands are so full.
@Arsil, from where you got all these figures with three zeros ??? you have wiped out all minorities and forcibly converting girls to Islam. Not even a single minority population has degrown in India, while minorities are wiped out in Islamic republic of Pakistan.The bottom line is thsi that Islam does not tolerate other religions. So you dont even know what you guys doing to minorities is wrong. It is just way Islam had been.
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Jul 10, 2014 02:29am
@Harmony its called apeasment and coward behavior
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Jul 10, 2014 03:06am
@New Planet The situation for minorities in Pakistan is grim but they have no comparison to the Palestinian misery. You're not very smart are you?
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Jul 10, 2014 04:02am
@vicky We never go on Indian news websites cause we are not interested in false propaganda, yet Indian readers outnumber Pakistanis on every Pakistani news website. So it all comes down to either you guys are super obsessed with Pakistan or u know better than us that ur news website is nothing but ridiculous propaganda.
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Jul 10, 2014 05:23am
@wasim
So lets see here. Three Israeli teens are kidnapped and shot dead by Palestinians. Then a palestine teen is killed by three Israelis. Then Hamas reckon it is OK to attack Israel with 200 rockets, attacking civilian population of Israel and then what did they expect from Israel, rose petals? And then you blame Indians for bigotry. Why don't you take off your green glasses first to look at the world from different eyes? No one seemed to make such a hue and cry when your all weather friend China killed dozen in Xianxing. So who are the bigots here? Indians or Pakistanis?
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Jul 10, 2014 11:20am
After bombing its own population and launching military operations in Balochistan and FATA, Pakistan has the nerve to lecture Israel about 'escalation of violence'.----Tarek Fatah
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Jul 10, 2014 07:16pm
Pakistan must announce an all-out, unconditional support to Palestine, without paying heed to any lame excuses or viewpoints tilting towards Israel. Israel, with its aggression and shameful atrocities from day one of its forced occupation, shall be condemned in the severest manner possible.
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Jul 11, 2014 04:43am
In all fairness it would be nice if Islamic nations also condemned the Hamas and Islamic Jihad for launching rockets on Israeli civilians. There was no occupation of the West Bank before 1967. Yet the Arab nations vowed to destroy Israel and drive their Jewish brothers and sisters into the sea. Are Jews and Arabs not all Semites? Are they not both children of Ibrahim (Abraham)? Pray there will be peace between all nations and peoples.
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Jul 11, 2014 09:29pm
@Ganga Din Hamas is firing rockets in retaliation of israeli aggression.
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Jul 11, 2014 09:48pm
Off and on Israeli aggressions and occupation of Palestine is the result of frailty of Muslim Umaha which failed to use effectively any international plate forum to highlight the precarious living standard of Gazan (Palestinian) due Israeli siege of Gaza,since 2007 or prior. And now Israel viciously attacking by air and ground on armless, powerless and poverty stricken palestinians during the holy month of Ramadan and thus has created the Qarbala of the century in Palestine. When will the day come, that we Muslim learn to live united, stand united to defend muslim people around the world. Muslims are being victimizing every corner of the world, for instances, in Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Yemen, Somalia, central republic of Africa (CAR), Myanmar, Kashmir, Sudan and elsewhere only because we failed to raise a voice against the atrocities being committed on Muslim, by the crusaders.
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