ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Senate unanimously adopted a resolution on Wednesday condemning Israel’s “crimes against humanity” in the Gaza Strip, calling for an immediate cease-fire and end to hostilities in the densely populated area.
The resolution was moved by Senator Ishaq Dar, the leader of the house in the Senate, as the upper house of Pakistan’s parliament met during an emergency session called to express solidarity with the people of Gaza.
The development took place as Israeli warplanes kept up a relentless barrage of strikes on Gaza, where the health ministry said at least 8,525 people have been killed, including over 3,500 children, since Oct. 7.
“The Senate of Pakistan at its emergency session on the Gaza genocide strongly condemns the Israeli crimes against humanity,” the resolution read.

“And state terrorism being perpetrated against the innocent children, women and men of Palestine living in the occupied strip of Gaza, the world’s biggest open-air prison.”
The resolution expressed “full solidarity and support” for the people of Palestine and denounced the “double standards and hypocrisy” of those supporting Israel.
“The Senate demands an immediate cease-fire in Gaza, an end to the Israel blockade of Gaza, and full access of Gaza to all international humanitarian organizations so that relief supplies, medicines, food, and water can be supplied to the beleaguered citizens of Gaza,” it added.
The statement came hours after Pakistani Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar condemned “rising Israeli hostilities and aggression against civilians” after Israeli airstrikes hit the densely populated Jabalia, Gaza’s largest refugee camp.
Pakistan does not recognize the state of Israel and calls for an independent Palestinian state based on “internationally agreed parameters” and the pre-1967 borders with Al-Quds Al-Sharif as its capital.