ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has urged the world not to “turn a blind eye” to human rights violations in Gaza and the West Bank, his office said on Tuesday, as the world marked the International Human Rights Day.
Since the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by the United Nations in 1948, the International Human Rights Day is marked annually on Dec. 10 to remind all nations to adhere to protecting inviolable human rights and preserve human values.
In a statement issued from his office, Sharif said the South Asian country was fully cognizant of its regional and international commitments and had taken legislative, policy and programmatic measures for the promotion of human rights.
“While we commemorate International Human Rights Day, we should not forget the plight of the people of Palestine who are facing Israel’s brutal aggression in Gaza and the West Bank,” he said.
“The world should not turn a blind eye to the gravest human tragedies of our time and play its role to ask Israel to immediately cease the ongoing genocide of the people of Palestine.”
Sharif’s statement comes amid ongoing Israel’s military campaign in Gaza that has killed more than 43,000 people and injured thousands more since Oct 7, 2023 attacks by Hamas.
Pakistan does not recognize nor have diplomatic relations with Israel and calls for an independent Palestinian state based on “internationally agreed parameters.” The South Asian country has dispatched several consignments of relief goods for Gaza, besides establishing the ‘Prime Minister’s Relief Fund for Gaza’ that aims to collect public donations for the war-affected people.
In his message on the International Human Rights Day, Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari said they strongly condemned the “ethnic cleansing and genocide of the Palestinian people” by Israel in Gaza and other occupied Palestinian territories.
“We urge the international community to take practical measures to end the barbarism of Israel in Palestine,” he said.
“On this day, let’s pledge to fulfil our shared responsibility to protect and promote human rights to create a society based on equality, justice and human dignity.”
On International Human Rights Day, Pakistan urges world not to ‘turn a blind eye’ to Palestine
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On International Human Rights Day, Pakistan urges world not to ‘turn a blind eye’ to Palestine
- Pakistan does not recognize Israel and calls for an independent Palestinian state based on ‘internationally agreed parameters’
- President Asif Ali Zardari urges the international community to take ‘practical measures to end barbarism of Israel in Palestine’
Pakistan, Jordan agree to enhance cooperation in trade, energy, investment
- Pakistan, Jordan hold inter-ministerial commission meeting in Islamabad to discuss cooperation in several sectors
- Both sides agree to form working group, Jordan-Pakistan Business Council to accelerate trade and investment cooperation
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Jordan have agreed to enhance cooperation in trade, investment, banking, energy and other economic sectors, Commerce Minister Jam Kamal Khan said on Thursday.
The understanding was reached between the two sides at a meeting of the Pakistan-Jordan Inter-ministerial Commission in Islamabad on Thursday.
Pakistan enjoys cooperation with Jordan in several sectors including trade, defense and minerals. Jordan was the fifth country to recognize Pakistan after it secured independence in 1947. The two nations established formal diplomatic ties in 1948.
“Areas which cover a very diversified sectoral approach from trade and investment, industrial development, banking and finance, agriculture and livestock, higher education, vocational training, labor, health, climate change, maritime, energy, mineral resources and many more,” Khan said at a news conference with Jordanian Minister of Industry and Trade Yarub Qudah.
The Pakistani minister said it was a “very good opportunity” for both sides to transform their brotherly relations into economic cooperation.
Qudah agreed with Khan, saying it was time for Islamabad and Amman to take their economic and trade relations to “a totally different level.”
“We have also agreed to have a working group that will work this year on different sectors and also the establishment of the Pakistan-Jordan Business Council,” he said.
He invited Khan to Jordan to hold talks on further cooperation, adding that the 11th meeting of the inter-ministerial commission will be held in Jordan next year.
The bilateral trade between Pakistan and Jordan stood at $46.58 million in 2023. Pakistan’s main exports to Jordan include textiles, rice, ethyl alcohol, polymers of styrene, sugar confectionaries, nuts and dried fruits.
Meanwhile, Pakistan mainly imports mineral and chemical fertilizers, ferrous waste and scrap, inorganic acids, chemicals, medicaments and seeds from Jordan.
