ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Wednesday condemned the assassination of Ismail Haniyeh, the chief of the Political Bureau of Hamas, in Tehran, and expressed serious concern at the growing Israeli adventurism in the region.

Sharing Pakistan’s official response to the Israeli attack on the Hamas leader in Tehran, Foreign Office spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch condemned the assassination of Ismail Haniyeh and extended condolences to his family and the people of Palestine.

“We are 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, including the Deputy Prime Minister of Pakistan Ishaq Dar,” she said.

Baloch added that Pakistan views with serious concern the growing Israeli adventurism in the region. “Its latest acts constitute a dangerous escalation in an already volatile region and undermine efforts for peace,” she said.

She said that Pakistan condemns terrorism in all its forms and manifestations including extrajudicial and extraterritorial killings irrespective of the motives.

Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh was assassinated in the early hours of Wednesday morning in Tehran hours after he attended a swearing-in ceremony for Iran’s new President Masoud Pezeshkian.

Copyright Business Recorder, 2024