KARACHI: The Palestine Found­ation Pakistan (PLF) on Sunday organised its annual Al-Quds meeting and unity Iftar here.

The event was attended by a large number of religious scholars from all schools of thought, academics, representatives of civil society, lawyers, etc.

Speaking on the occasion, PLF committee members said that this year’s International Al-Quds Day would be observed on 23rd of Ramazan, Friday, across the country.

The speakers said that the government should make an official announcement to celebrate Inter­national Al-Quds Day on the last Friday in Ramazan and take strict action against the sleeper cells of Israel across the country.

Al-Quds Day to be observed on 23rd of Ramazan

They said that elements working for Israel in Pakistan were making conspiracies to create a soft corner for the usurping Zionist state of Israel in schools and various places as they wanted to undermine the ideological foundations of Pakistan.

They further said that the anti-national elements working for Israel in Pakistan cannot be left free at any level.

Speakers included Jam­aat-i-Islami’s Miraj-ul

Huda Siddiqui, Majlis Wahdat-i-Muslimneen’s Allama Baqir Zaidi, ex-MPA retired Major Qamar Abbas, Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf’s Israr Abbasi, PLF Secretary General Dr Sa­bir Abu Maryam and others.

Published in Dawn, March 27th, 2023

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