President Arif Alvi on Tuesday, in an address to the Second Conference of Parliamentary Assembly of the Economic Cooperation Organization (PAECO) countries, stressed that Pakistan is against genocide, not against Jews or Christians.
“We are against genocide. We are not against Jews or Christians, but against all oppressors of humanity,” said Alvi.
Alvi further added that Pakistan’s stance on Israel’s violations of human rights was “not anti-Semitic, but anti-Zionist.”
“We will raise our voices against anyone who resorts to oppression,” the president said.
He also said that labelling the freedom movement of Palestinians and Kashmiris as “terrorism” by Israel and India was an act of viewing the countries through the “prism of prejudice”.
The president expressed confidence that the Muslim world would join hands in giving the world a strong message on Islamophobia.
