Tens of thousands of protesters packed the main road in Pakistan’s port city of Karachi to denounce the Israeli bombardment of Gaza that has killed over 36,400 people, mostly children and women, Anadolu Agency reports.

Organised by Jamaat-e-Islami (JI), the country’s mainstream religiopolitical party, and attended by thousands of women and children as well, the rally was part of the global movement “All Eyes On Rafah.”

Carrying tri-colour Palestinian flags and banners, inscribed with anti-Israel slogans, the protesters started to gather at the Sharea Faisal Road at 4pm from different parts of the city.

It was a hot day as the South Asian country has been in the grip of a severe heat wave, while protesters, many of them wearing the Palestinian scarf “keffiyeh,” kept pouring in.

“Stop Genocide in Gaza” was engraved on the main banner displayed on an overhead bridge, while another was inscribed with “Labbaik ya Aqsa” (Aqsa, we are here) and “Salute to Hamas resistance.”

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