At the invitation of the Islamic Jamaat in Pakistan, hundreds of thousands of Pakistanis gathered in the capital, Islamabad, to express their ongoing support for Gaza and the Palestinian cause, and to condemn the continuous Israeli crimes in the Gaza Strip.

The Islamic Jamaat called for a march toward the American embassy in Islamabad in protest of the ongoing American support for Israeli crimes in Gaza, stating that this march would be a turning point in political activism in Pakistan.

Rejecting Silence

The Pakistani authorities implemented strict security measures, closing all access routes to the diplomatic area with shipping containers, which prevented demonstrators from reaching the area and led the Islamic Jamaat to change the location for gathering protesters.

Demonstrators flowed in from various parts of Islamabad and nearby cities, waving Palestinian flags and holding banners expressing their ongoing support for the Palestinian people.

In his speech, the head of the Islamic Jamaat, Hafiz Naeem Rahman, stated that the march aims to deliver a clear message to the world that the Pakistani people reject the international silence regarding the "killing of innocent children in Palestine."

Naeem Rahman condemned the Arab, Islamic, and international silence regarding the actions of the Israeli occupation forces in Gaza. He also called for a boycott of products supporting Israel and urged the government to exert more pressure at the international level to stop the genocide in Gaza.

The Islamic Jamaat had organized several demonstrations last week, the most significant of which was a massive rally in Karachi, as well as another demonstration in Lahore, the capital of Punjab province in eastern Pakistan. They pledged to continue the popular movement in Pakistan until the Israeli war on the Gaza Strip comes to an end.

Source: Al Jazeera