ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf chief Imran Khan on Friday wrote to United Nations (UN) General Secretary Ban Ki-moon highlighting what he called state terrorism being perpetrated by Israel on the innocent residents of Gaza in Palestine.

“I write to you as the chairman of the second largest political party in Pakistan and on behalf of the Pakistani nation that has always been the lead nation in UN peacekeeping across the globe. We have been watching in shock and horror as the state of Israel has unleashed the massacre of Palestinians in Gaza during the Muslim holy month of Ramazan and the UN has stood by as a silent spectator. The death toll of the Palestinians in Gaza has risen above 800 and the Israeli aggression continues,” the PTI chief stated.

PTI slams Israel’s Gaza aggression

Under its charter, the UN has a duty to ensure that people are not persecuted and states do not aggress against other states and territories.

“You have a duty to ensure that the plan of genocide of the Palestinians by the Israeli state is thwarted. It is time for you as the UNSG to fulfill this critical duty,” Mr Khan added.

Published in Dawn, July 26th, 2014