ISLAMABAD: Palestinian Ambassador to
Pakistan Hazem Hussain Abu Shanab
Friday said that Palestinian President
Mahmoud Abbas would take the issue of
independent Palestine to the United
Nation on September 28.
He
was addressing a conference on ‘Interfaith harmony’ held to mark Yumul
Quds here at the National Press Club on the last Friday of the month of
Ramzan (Juma’a-tul-Wida).
The ambassador said that Palestine would apply for membership in the UN and it is the will of the people of the country.
“Let
us see now who uses veto against democracy, justice, human rights and
will of the demo,” he said, adding that no veto would be acceptable in
this connection.
However, Abu Shanab made it clear that no one
would halt independent Palestine as all the countries including major
powers in the world are supporting the cause of Palestine. “People from
Pakistan would enjoy Iftari next year at my home in Jerusalem, Insha
Allah,” he said.
He said that Christians, Sikhs, Muslims and
all the communities in the world respected Jerusalem as capital of
Palestine, therefore, Israel should have no doubt in mind that Baitul
Muqadas belongs to Palestine.
He said that Israelis were
thinking that next generations of Palestinians would forget about
Palestine and history. “This is the fourth or fifth generation, since
occupation of Israel, that is still keeping alive voice for their
motherland,” he said.
Deputy Cultural Councilor of Iran embassy
Ali Dosti, Allama Shabbir Muhammad Mughul, Dr. Ghazanfar Mehdi, Dr.
Nazeer Hussain of Quaid-i-Azam University, political leader from AJK
Syed Ghualm Raza Naqvi and representatives from various communities
including Sikhs and Christians were present on this occasion.
Addressing
the audience Ali Dosti said that freedom and independence had been the
wish of Palestinians for long and now very soon they would see
realization of their dreams.
He said that US, UK and other
imperialists powers supported formation of Israel that was a blow to
freedom fighters through out the world. “Perhaps this was the reason
that Imam Khomeini called upon the freedom fighters even outside the
Muslims to stand against Israel,” he further said.
Speakers on
the occasion were unanimous that Israel should stop its excesses and
accept the independence of Palestine, which would be a reality in near
future. They also urged Pakistani government to make ‘free and
independent Palestine’ a determining factor of its foreign policy.
Speaking
on this occasion, Dr. Hussain who is also an expert on international
relations said that Israel is the only country in the world that came
into being as a result of terrorist organization and history is a
witness of it. Online
