Thousands of women from diverse backgrounds and professions on Sunday joined the Women’s March for Al-Quds, a protest against Israeli atrocities and injustices in Palestine.
The march, organised by the Muslim Women’s League, started from GPO Chowk and ended at the Punjab Assembly building. The participants carried banners and placards, chanted slogans, and expressed their love and solidarity with the Palestinian people. They also condemned the Israeli aggression and violence and demanded international action to stop the oppression and brutality in Palestine.
Speakers at the event included General Secretary of the Muslim Women’s League, Ifat Idris, and the President of Pakistan Markazi Muslim League, Khalid Masood Sindhu. They urged the Muslim world to unite and stand up for the rights of Palestinians. They also praised Pakistan’s role in the Muslim world and appealed to the government to use its influence as an Islamic nuclear-armed country to advocate for justice and peace in the world. The Women’s March for Al-Quds was a strong show of support and solidarity with the Palestinian cause and a call for an end to Israeli oppression. The participants appealed to the international community to intervene and stop the violence and injustices in Palestine.
The speakers emphasised that the Pakistani government needed to act upon the Palestine policy of Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah who rejected a Jewish state in Arab-majority Palestine.
“That is why Pakistani nation never recognised Israel since Pakistani nation considers it a fake and illegitimate state. They vowed that Holy Quds, the first qibla of Muslims, would be liberated alongside all occupied parts of Palestine.”
Meanwhile, the MWM also staged demonstrations in different parts of the city in connection with Al-Quds Day condemning Israeli brutalities. Major demonstrations were held outside the Khoja Shia Isna Ashari Masjid in Kharadar, Jama Masjid Noor-i-Iman in Nazimabad and Jama Masjid Hyderi in Orangi Town. They were also carrying placards and banners inscribed with their demands for arrest of terrorists in targeted killings and capital punishment for them.
A statement issued by the party said that rallies were held all over Pakistan to mark solidarity with Palestinians. The largely attended Al-Quds rallies from Karachi to Islamabad and the rest of the country were declared a “referendum” against deal of the century, it added. “The supporters of oppressed Palestinians turned out massively and vowed to continue their support for independent Palestine state with Al-Quds as its capital. Male and female students, youths, elderly people and even families with their minor children were seen at Quds Day rallies,” it said.
