Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar on Friday confirmed his commitment to the Palestinian case in the National Assembly and assured parliament that the 20-point peace agreement is the only possible solution to end the Gaza War.
He emphasized that the priority right now is to end the blood edition and put a stop to the war.
DAR clarified that Pakistan, with seven other countries, had received the 20-point agenda from the United States. “There was no other item on the agenda during the meeting,” he said, adding that it was agreed to keep discussions confidential.
According to DPM, Qatar’s Embassy was the collector for these meetings, which were not released to the media. “[United States] Mr President [Donald] Trump’s selection came and open conversations were held about what they wanted … They gave us a 20-point proposal. “
“Using the given framework, we made our own changes based on our wish list and presented the changes in the United States.”
Trump revealed the 20-point peace plan on Monday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, which asked whether the initiative would lead to a two-state solution.
The trade has been fulfilled with criticism and concern that Pakistan is deducting from his commitment to the Palestina case.
DAR has consistently rejected such claims. He insisted that there was no change in Pakistan’s principle attitude towards the issue of Palestine, and emphasized that Islamabad supports a two-state solution with before 1967 limits and al-QD’s al Sharif as the capital of a future Palestinian state.
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The plan, supported by eight Muslim states-Jordan, the United Arab Emirates, Indonesia, Pakistan, Türkiye, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Egypt sights against enforcing a ceasefire, protecting civilians and beginning to rebuild war-driven areas.
DAR confirmed that under the proposed agreement, an international peacekeeping quota would be deployed to Palestine. He said Pakistan’s management would soon decide whether to contribute troops and noted that Indonesia has already offered to send 20,000 soldiers.
The Minister insisted that after the public release of the 20-point agreement, conversations with his Saudi colleague were completed with the recognition that ending the war is still of the utmost importance and reject the agreement “would allow the blood emergence to continue”.
By ensuring parliament that this was the best course of action, Dar proclaimed that the United Nations and the organization of Islamic cooperation have both failed to reach a peace agreement. “With the US, we can see an end to the war.”
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DAR insisted on Parliament that Israel will never be recognized by Pakistan and that it remains obliged to the solution of the two-state.
Jamat-e-Islami member and former Senator Mushtaq Ahmad were detained by Israeli forces aboard the global Sumud-Flotilla on Thursday with at least 400 other individuals, including notable people like Greta Thunberg.
Ahmad led the Pakistani delegation as part of the global Sumud flotilla in the hope of breaking Gaza’s Seige.
Dar said Pakistan has reached a European country to negotiate the retrieval of all Pakistani citizens in Israeli custody.
Pak-Saudi Defense Pact
The Minister, who dealt with the “strategic mutual defense agreement”, signed with Saudi -Arabia on September 18, the Minister proclaimed that Pakistan has had a long sustained deep relationship with the Kingdom of Saudi -Arabia, and that this defense pact had been in the works for a very long time, “this is an extremely important agreement;
“Many other countries have shown interest in entering a defense pact with Pakistan, where many states approach Pakistan under Unga.” He suggested that if more countries join, “this will become a NATO-like alliance.”
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The covenant declared that “any aggression against both country should be considered an aggression against both,” according to a Pak-Saudi joint statement.
The pact was signed during Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s visit to Riyadh on invitation from Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud.
The agreement states that any aggression against any country should be considered an aggression against both.
PPP -Scener Walkout
Members of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) briefly went out of the National Assembly Session on Friday over running tensions with coalition partner PML-N, while journalists also staged a protest over the recent police attack on the National Press Club.
“So we’re going out today,” PPPS Naveed Qamar announced during the session with reference to unresolved complaints despite previous dialogue with the government.
Shortly after, Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar began his address and expressed hope that differences between the two parties would be resolved. He asked Law Minister Azam Nazeer Tarar and Minister of National Food Safety Rana Tanveer Hussain to reach the PPP leaders and persuade them to return to the house.
As Dar continued his speech, some PPP members were seen again in the hall, met with applause. Recognizing their return, the Foreign Minister said the problems would be resolved through commitment at management level on both sides.
PPP had staged a similar Walkout during the September 30 NA Session of Remarks by Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz. The dispute, which began over flood compensation, escalated into a wider conflict about wandering rights along the river Indus after Maryam advised PPP to “keep her advice to herself”.
