Hundred of citizens participate in the pro-Palestine bike & car rally in Karachi

KARACHI, Dec 25 (SABAH): A pro-Palestine rally with the title “Israel is an illegitimate state and solidarity with Palestinians” was organized by Palestine Foundation Pakistan (PLF) on Monday on the birth anniversary of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah.

The anti Israeli rally was led by Hamas Spokesman Dr. Khalid Qadoumi and Secretary General of PLF, Dr. Sabir Abu Maryam.

 A large number of youths and women participated in the rally against Israel by their motorcycles and cars. The rally started from Karsaz Shahrah Faisal Karachi to Jinnah Tomb.

The participants of the rally were carrying banners and placards in their hands, on which were pasted the pictures of the great leader Muhammad Ali Jinnah with the quote that Israel is an illegitimate state.

They were also holding placards with Stop the massacre of children in Gaza on the placards.

Addressing the participants of the rally, Dr. Khalid Qadoumi said that Hamas is grateful to the people of Pakistan who have always supported the cause of Palestine. He said about the resistance of Hamas in Palestine against the usurper Israel that Hamas will not back down.

Various political and religious leaders including Asif Luqman Qazi, Jamaat-e-Islami leader Dr. Mairajul Huda Siddiqui, Dr. Osama Razi, Allama Aqeel Anjum Qadri of Jamiat Ulema Pakistan, Mufti Abdul Waheed Yunus, Israr Abbasi of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, Erum Butt, Khalida Iqbal, Pirzada Azhar Ali Hamdani of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz, Allama Sadiq Jafri and Razi Haider of Majlis Wahdat Muslimeen, Younis Boniri of Awami National Party, Mufti Murtaza Rahmani of Jamiat Ahle Hadith, Masroor Hashmi of Jamaat Ahlesunnat, Jamshed Hussain of Human Rights Council. , well-known religious scholar Muaz Nizami, Mufti Muhammad Jahanzeb, Dr. Fazli Hussain, Dr. Madad Ali Sabri, from the teachers’ community, Manoj Chauhan & Vijay Maharaj, from the Hindu community, Sikh leader Sardar Mughan Singh, Sardar Arjun Singh, Christian leader Pastor Immanuel Sabri and others addressed.

Addressing the anti Israel rally, the speakers said that the people of Pakistan are with Hamas and the Palestinian people, and those who talk about a two-state solution in Pakistan are actually denying the ideology of Pakistan.

Speakers said that Palestine is the homeland of Palestinians and Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah was clear that Israel is an illegitimate state and Pakistan will never recognize it.

They said that the Arab governments are putting pressure on Hamas to end the armed struggle, but the people of Pakistan demand the Arab governments to end the relations with Israel

They further said that the people of Pakistan will not accept the relationship and appeasement with Israel in any case. Those who are talking about changing the ideology of Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah are actually criminals of the ideology of Pakistan and the Constitution of Pakistan.

On this occasion, the participants called for an end to the killing of children in Gaza and raised loud slogans of “Death to America, Israel is rejected and the struggle  will continue until the liberation of Palestine”.