PM Shehbaz condemns Haniyeh’s assassination, demands trial of Zionist leaders for war crimes

ISLAMABAD (Dateline News)  Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday condemned the assassination of Palestinian group Hamas’ leader Ismail Haniyeh and demanded that leadership of the Zionist state be tried for war crimes. The prime minister was addressing the National Assembly after the house offered Fateha for Haniyeh who was assassinated on Wednesday in Iran. Misbahuddin led the prayer on the request of National Assembly Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq. “Hamas leader’s death is being mourned across Pakistan today,” premier Shehbaz said and added that Pakistan would continue to help the Palestinian brethren. He told the parliamentarians that arrangements would be made to bring the injured Palestinians to Pakistan for treatment. Palestinian students would be admitted to the medical colleges in Pakistan, he continued. He described the killing of Ismail Haniyeh as a big blow to efforts for peace and expressed the Pakistani nation’s solidarity with the bereaved family and the Palestinian people. The Israeli military has converted Gaza into an abattoir where innocent children, women and men are being slaughtered, the premier stated. He urged the world community to ensure delivery of aid to the Palestinians. “I am grateful to all the members, those sitting on opposition benches and the coalition partners for adopting the resolution against Israeli atrocities on Palestinians,” Prime Minister Shehbaz said. The parliamentarians belonging to the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) raised slogans when Prime Minister Shehbaz entered the house. They stopped sloganeering when Law Minister Nazir Tarar said the session was dedicated to discuss the martyrdom of Palestinian leader.