Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has said, “There is no worse example of a genocide than Gaza in history.”

Speaking in Islamabad today about his remarks on the issue at the World Governments Summit in the United Arab Emirates, he said, “50,000 Palestinians have been martyred and now that the ceasefire has happened, the hope is that peace will prevail and they will be rehabilitated.”

Regarding the Israeli prime minister’s recent remarks on Saudi Arabia, PM Shehbaz reiterated that “Pakistan would not let Saudi Arabia’s autonomy or territorial independence be challenged.”

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