Asif Zardari, Shehbaz Sharif express solidarity with Palestinians

Asif Zardari, Shehbaz Sharif express solidarity with Palestinians

LAHORE (Dunya News) – Former president Asif Ali Zardari and former prime minister Shehbaz Sharif on Sunday reacted to the ongoing tensions between Palestine and Israel.

In a statement issued here, former president Asif Zardari sympathised with the Palestinians, saying the sympathies and prayers of the people of Pakistan were with them.

The PPP co-chairman added that the Palestinian people had been facing atrocities for a long time.

Former prime minister Shehbaz Sharif said that the Hamas attacks on Israel were a reaction to Israeli actions on Al-Aqsa Mosque and other holy places.

In a statement issued here, the PML-N president called for an immediate resolution of the territorial conflict, observing that Israel was depriving the Palestinians of their right to self-determination.

He said it was imperative to end Israeli atrocities on the Palestinians, and its illegal occupation.