Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif termed the regional situation ‘very alarming’ due to escalated armed conflict between Iran and Israel, saying it posed a threat not only to regional but global peace, state-owned APP reported.

Addressing a cabinet meeting, the prime minister said that Pakistan had strongly condemned the Israeli aggression against Iran in which hundreds of Iranians lost their lives and a larger number were injured. “The global community should ensure a ceasefire,” he stressed.

PM Shehbaz reiterated Pakistan’s complete solidarity with brotherly country Iran and its people against Israeli aggression and called upon the international community to make efforts for ensuring immediate ceasefire in the ongoing armed conflict.

He informed the cabinet that during the conflict, he talked to Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and condemned Israeli aggression besides expressed nation’s solidarity. The prime minister said that he had also held discussion with President of Turkiye Recep Tayyip Erdogan over the evolving situation.