KARACHI: Under the theme of “Stop killing children in Gaza,” over 50 young artists and students on Saturday exhibited their work at the Arts Council of Pakistan, urging the international community to immediately stop the Palestinian “genocide.”
Israeli forces have killed thousands of Palestinians, including more than 8,000 children, since Oct. 7 when it was targeted by Hamas in an attack which the group said was launched in response to the deteriorating condition of Palestinians living under Israeli occupation.
Millions of people across the world have protested against Israel’s ongoing war in Gaza, despite calls for an immediate cease-fire from the United Nations and the rest of the international community.
The art exhibition, organized by the Palestine Foundation Pakistan (PFP) in collaboration with the Arts Council of Pakistan (ACP), aimed to raise awareness about the conflict and urge the international community to do its best to end the conflict.
“More than 8,000 children have been killed by the Zionist regime in Gaza,” Dr. Sabir Abu Mariam, the PFP general secretary, told Arab News.
“We are demanding of the international community, international powers, especially the United Nations, to stop the killing of children in Gaza immediately,” he added.
Wajid Ali, an assistant professor in Gujrat said he had come to Karachi to curate the exhibition. He noted that over the last 77 days, Israel had been continuously attacking Palestinians, including children.
“It’s an awareness campaign among the young generation to understand how they think about this grand massacre,” Ali continued. “They [the young artists] depicted their ideas and thoughts in different art forms.”
Umaima Masood, a student at the council’s School of Arts, said she was crying while making the abstract painting of a Palestinian girl in tears.
“She is crying and asking to fix the situation,” she said while pointing toward the painting, adding: “We will have to stop Israel.”
The UN Security Council adopted a resolution to send more aid to help the residents of the Gaza Strip on Friday, though it did not call for an immediate cease-fire.
The resolution was described as insufficient under the circumstances by a number of world players, with the UN chief saying humanitarian cease-fire was the only way to help the people of Gaza and “end their ongoing nightmare.”
‘Grand massacre’: Young artists in Karachi exhibition seek end to Israel’s killing of Palestinian children
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‘Grand massacre’: Young artists in Karachi exhibition seek end to Israel’s killing of Palestinian children
- Over 50 young artists displayed their work at the exhibition organized by the Pakistan Palestine Foundation
- The organizers said the exhibition was to urge the international community to bring the conflict to an end
Pakistan says nine militants killed in security operations in northwest
- The intelligence-based operations were conducted in Tank and Lakki Marwat districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
- Military says the counterterrorism campaign is being pursued under the framework of the National Action Plan
PESHAWAR: Security forces in Pakistan said on Saturday they killed nine militants belonging to the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in two intelligence-based operations in the northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
Pakistan refers to fighters of the TTP, an umbrella group of various armed factions, as “khwarij,” a term from early Islamic history used to describe an extremist sect that rebelled against authority. The military also alleges the group receives arms and funding from the Indian government, a charge New Delhi denies.
The two operations were carried out on Dec. 5 in the volatile districts of Tank and Lakki Marwat, according to a statement from the military’s media wing, Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR).
“On reported presence of khwarij, an intelligence-based operation was conducted by the Security Forces in Tank District,” the statement said. “During the conduct of operation, own troops effectively engaged the khwarij location and after an intense fire exchange, seven khwarij were sent to hell.”
“Another intelligence-based operation was conducted in Lakki Marwat District,” it added. “In ensuing fire exchange, two more khwarij were effectively neutralized by the security forces.”
ISPR said weapons and ammunition were recovered from the militants, whom it described as “Indian sponsored” and accused of involvement in attacks on security personnel, law enforcement agencies and civilians.
It said follow-up “sanitization operations” were under way as part of the country’s counterterrorism campaign under Azm-e-Istehkam, approved by the Federal Apex Committee of the National Action Plan, which aims to eliminate what it called foreign-supported militant threats in the country.
