ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has strongly condemned the Israeli attack on the Global Samood flotilla carrying aid to Gaza, calling it a “cowardly attack” and appreciating the dignified participation of Pakistani citizens in the convoy.

The Prime Minister, in a statement on the social networking website X (formerly Twitter), said that Pakistan strongly condemns the attack by Israeli forces on the 40-boat Samood Gaza flotilla, which was carrying more than 450 human rights activists and aid volunteers from 44 countries.

Shehbaz Sharif said that the only “crime” of these workers was that they were carrying aid for the oppressed Palestinian people of Gaza. He termed the Israeli aggression as a “barbaric act” and said that this barbarity must end immediately.

The Prime Minister urged the international community to take immediate steps to provide basic humanitarian assistance to the Palestinian people. He said, “Peace should be given a chance and aid should reach the needy at all costs.”

Later, in a statement, the Prime Minister said that he appreciated the dignified participation of Pakistani citizens in the “Samoud Gaza Flotilla”. Mushtaq Ahmed Khan, Mazhar Saeed Shah, Wahaj Ahmed, Dr. Osama Riaz and other Pakistanis participated in this great relief mission in accordance with the principles of humanitarianism.

He said that this initiative represents the peaceful aspirations of the Pakistani people, the struggle for........

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