ISLAMABAD: Foreign Office on Wednesday assailed the assassination of Hamas political bureau chief Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran.
The Hamas leader was assassinated in the early hours of Wednesday in Iran, where he had gone to attend the oath taking ceremony of the new president.
The assassination drew fears of wider escalation in a region shaken by Israel’s war in Gaza and a worsening conflict in Lebanon.
In a statement in Islamabad, Foreign Office spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch expressed Pakistan’s strongest condemnation of the extrajudicial and extraterritorial killings irrespective of the motives.
“Pakistan is deeply shocked by the timing of this reckless act, coinciding with the inauguration of the President of Iran, an event attended by several foreign dignitaries,” it noted.
The spokesperson said Pakistan views with serious concern the growing Israeli adventurism in the region.
She said its latest acts constitute a dangerous escalation in an already volatile region and undermine efforts for peace.
Meanwhile, political and religious leaders in Pakistan also condemned the killing of the Hamas leader and called upon the Muslim countries to unite against the Israeli barbarism in Gaza and its targeting of the Palestinian leaders.
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