A large number of people from diverse backgrounds took to streets on Friday on the call of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) to express their solidarity with the people of Palestine and condemn the Israeli atrocities against civilians in Gaza.

The rally, staged on Sharea Faisal by the MQM-P and attended by what the party claimed “thousands” of workers and supporters of many political and religious parties, demanded Muslim countries in particular and the world in general to play their role to stop the genocide of Palestinian population.

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