{"id":17775,"date":"2026-02-19T17:35:35","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T12:35:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/?p=17775"},"modified":"2026-02-19T17:35:35","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T12:35:35","slug":"pakistan-calls-for-immedto-israeli","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/2026\/02\/19\/pakistan-calls-for-immedto-israeli\/","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan Calls for Immediate Halt to Israeli Settlement Expansion at UN Security Council"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>Pakistan Calls for Immediate Halt to Israeli Settlement Expansion at UN Security Council <\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Ishaq Dar Raises Concerns Over Israeli Land Designation in West Bank<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pakistan reiterated its longstanding support for Palestinian rights and called for sustained diplomatic efforts toward a just resolution of the Middle East conflict during a high-level United Nations Security Council briefing on the Palestinian question on Wednesday.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Deputy Prime Minister and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/foreignofficepk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Foreign Minister<\/a> Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar addressed a council meeting in New York, highlighting Pakistan\u2019s stance that lasting peace cannot be achieved without justice, accountability, and the Palestinian people\u2019s right to self-determination.<\/p>\n<p>While outlining Islamabad\u2019s position, the foreign minister stated that Pakistan remains actively involved in diplomatic efforts focused on securing a permanent ceasefire and reaching a fair resolution to the ongoing conflict.<\/p>\n<p>Dar also reaffirmed Pakistan\u2019s condemnation of what it considers recent unlawful actions by Israel in the occupied Palestinian territories. He reiterated the country\u2019s opposition to any steps that seek to change the status of these territories, describing such measures as violations of international law.<\/p>\n<p>The minister further noted Pakistan\u2019s participation in diplomatic initiatives, including the US-backed Board of Peace, which aims to promote ceasefire implementation, reconstruction, and political dialogue.<\/p>\n<p>In a separate statement on X, Pakistan\u2019s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Dar would reaffirm the country\u2019s principled and consistent position on Palestine ahead of the meeting. The statement stressed Pakistan\u2019s opposition to the expansion of Israeli control in the West Bank and called for increased humanitarian assistance in Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>Pakistan has consistently supported a two-state solution based on pre-1967 borders, with East Jerusalem as the capital of a future Palestinian state. It has also backed related UN Security Council resolutions, maintaining that lasting peace must be rooted in international law and respect for Palestinian rights.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pakistan Calls for Immediate Halt to Israeli Settlement Expansion at UN Security Council Ishaq Dar Raises Concerns Over Israeli Land Designation in West Bank Pakistan reiterated its longstanding support for Palestinian rights and called for sustained diplomatic efforts toward a just resolution of the Middle East conflict during a high-level United Nations Security Council briefing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":17776,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2297,2298],"tags":[3749],"class_list":["post-17775","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news","category-pakistan","tag-ishaq-dar-un-security-council"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17775","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17775"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17775\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17778,"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17775\/revisions\/17778"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17776"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17775"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17775"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17775"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}