The government and its allies have decided that the nation will observe a day of mourning across the country tomorrow in solidarity with Palestinians to condemn the Israeli state-sponsored terrorism in the occupied territories, APP reports.

A consultative meeting of the allied parties on the deteriorating situation in Palestine, in a joint declaration, also announced that the funeral prayer in absentia for Ismail Haniyeh, chief of Hamas Political Bureau, would be offered by the nation after Friday prayers.

The meeting, which was presided over by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, also decided to present a resolution in Parliament to express full solidarity with the people of Palestine.

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