Pakistan urges UNSC to impose sanctions on Israel for Gaza genocide

Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif Wednesday urged the United Nations Security Council to apply sanctions against Israel including an arm and trade embargo for its genocidal acts against the Palestinians.

PM Shehbaz made the remarks while delivering a statement during the high-level open debate of the Security Council on “Leadership for Peace”, on the sidelines of the 79th United Nation General Assembly Session.

“We must compel Israel to halt its genocidal war in Gaza and prevent its attempts to provoke a wider conflict in the Middle East.”

While strongly condemning Israel’s bombing in Lebanon, the prime minister emphasised that it was time to hold its leadership accountable for its crimes against the Palestinians and the Lebanese people.

He also urged the council to develop an impartial plan for a ceasefire and peaceful solution for the war in Ukraine.

The premier said proliferating wars in the Middle East, Europe and elsewhere, great powers’ tension, and growing poverty were threating the foundations of the world order.

“Last Sunday we approved the pact for the future. We must give life to our commitments otherwise, the future will be bleak and dangerous,” he stressed.

Source: Geo News/APP