ISLAMABAD: Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) Emir Sirajul Haq on Sunday announced that his party will carry out a ‘million march’ on the Gaza situation on the 27th of Ramazan towards the US embassy to express solidarity with the Palestinian people.

During a function, Mr Haq said that the JI working committee discussed the prevailing political situation and the war in Gaza.

He stated that the Islamabad march would stretch from Aabpara Chowk to the US embassy, aiming to pressure Washington to cease its support for Israeli atrocities in Gaza.

Mr Haq lamented that the newly elected Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif did not express any support for the Palestinian brothers during his maiden speech. Mr Haq pledged to stand by the Gaza people against the atrocities committed by the Israeli forces.

“More than a million people will stage a march towards the US embassy on Friday, the 27th day of Ramazan,” he said.

However, it is yet to be confirmed whether the 27th day of Ramazan will fall on Friday.

The JI chief said that if the government does not raise the issue of the killing of about 30,000 innocent Palestinians by the brutal Israeli forces, the party will have no option but to surround the US embassy.

He said two political parties — PML-N and PPP — had ruled Pakistan mostly, and they had looted its wealth.

Mr Haq said both PML-N and PPP were responsible for the unprecedented price hikes in the country and warned them of dire consequences if the electricity bills for the month of March would be charged to the consumers of less than 300 units, as they had already promised the people that they would give 300 electricity units free of cost after coming into power.

Published in Dawn, March 11th, 2024