Senate unanimously passes resolution on Ismail Haniyeh’s martyrdom

ISLAMABAD: Convened with Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani in a chair, the Senate on Monday unanimously approved a resolution on the martyrdom of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran. The resolution was presented by Senator Palwasha Mohammad Zai Khan.

The resolution mover, Senator Palwasha Khan said that Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto was the leader of the Muslim world who raised this issue at the international level and untied the entire Muslim Ummah.

She said that the world witnessed that all those Muslim leaders were killed one by another for raising their voices against the war crimes of Israel.

Senator Palwasha also condemned the silence of neighbouring Muslim countries of Palestine and said that two countries; India and Israel were creating havoc in the world but no one was there to stop them. She said Israel was using Indian-made ammunition against innocent Palestinians and both countries are supporting each other in their crimes against humanity.

She said the world has witnessed that Pakistan’s enemy Hasina Wajid ran away from Bangladesh and the day will come when Narendra Modi and Benjamin Netanyahu will also be on the run soon.

Supporting the resolution, Senator Sherry Rehman said that India and Israel were the two biggest terrorist countries in the world enjoying impunity and killing innocents in Palestine and Kashmir. She said that both countries were committing genocide and violating the international order by bombing humanitarian aid.

She said that the response of the world would have been different if such atrocities were committed against any Western country.

Senator Sherry Rehman said that both India and Israel were working on settlers’ colonialism projects in Muslim countries.

The resolution passed by the Senate said, “This House expresses profound grief and sorrow on the martyrdom of eminent Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in an attack by Israeli Zionists in Tehran on 31st July, 2024. The House condemns human rights violations and the unprovoked bombing of Israel in Beirut and the recent killing of 250 innocent civilians in Palestine in addition to thousands of others.”

Realizing that Israel was morphing into an international criminal and terrorist entity that was attacking Muslim Nations with impunity; the Senate of Pakistan strongly recommended that all countries, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and particularly Muslim countries to counter and restrain Israeli from its terrorist agenda and ensure lifting of the siege of Gaza to provide immediate assistance to the starving and injured civilians and halting of the bombing at Gaza on immediate basis.