{"id":98716,"date":"2025-09-12T15:42:06","date_gmt":"2025-09-12T15:42:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/pakistan-urges-unsc-to-hold-israel-accountable-for-unprovoked-aggression-in-qatar-the-express-tribune\/"},"modified":"2025-09-12T15:42:06","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T15:42:06","slug":"pakistan-urges-unsc-to-hold-israel-accountable-for-unprovoked-aggression-in-qatar-the-express-tribune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/pakistan-urges-unsc-to-hold-israel-accountable-for-unprovoked-aggression-in-qatar-the-express-tribune\/","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan urges UNSC to hold Israel accountable for \u2018unprovoked aggression\u2019 in Qatar | The Express Tribune"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\">\n<p>Pakistan called on the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on Thursday\u00a0to move beyond mere condemnation of the Israeli strikes targeting Hamas negotiators and hold Israel accountable for its \u201cillegal and unprovoked aggression\u201d against Qatar.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at the 15-member Council\u2019s emergency meeting on the Middle East, Ambassador Asim Iftikhar Ahmad, Pakistan\u2019s permanent representative to the UN, also emphasized the importance of protecting mediators involved in peace efforts, and reaffirming the centrality of international law and the UN Charter in upholding global peace and security.<\/p>\n<p>The meeting was requested by Pakistan, Algeria and Somalia. It\u00a0took place under the leadership of South Korea, the Council President for the month of September.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPakistan condemns, in the strongest possible terms, the illegal and unprovoked Israeli aggression against the brotherly State of Qatar,\u201d the Pakistani envoy said, calling it a \u201creckless and provocative attack\u201d on the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Qatar.<\/p>\n<p>The Ambassador pointed out that Israeli strikes targeted a residential neighborhood, deliberately putting civilians at risk \u2014 in serious violation of International Humanitarian Law (IHL). He added that this \u201cbrazen and illegal assault\u201d was not an isolated event, but part of a broader, consistent pattern of Israeli aggression and violations of international law that threaten regional peace and stability.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSuch acts of aggression, as defined by UNGA Resolution 3314, also set a dangerous precedent, erode the primacy of rule of law, and breed a culture of impunity that threatens the security of all states.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pakistan, he said, expresses its complete solidarity with the government and people of Qatar and fully supports their inalienable right to take all necessary measures, in accordance with the UN Charter, to defend their sovereignty, territorial integrity, and the safety of all persons within their territory.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn a gesture of solidarity and regional unity, Prime Minister of Pakistan Shehbaz Sharif, accompanied by a high-level delegation, including the Deputy Prime Minister\/Foreign Minister is visiting Qatar today,\u201d Ambassador\u00a0Ahmad told delegates.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe visit underscores Pakistan\u2019s unwavering support for the security and sovereignty of Qatar and its commitment to peace and stability in the Middle East.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added, \u201cThis irresponsible action by Israel is yet another manifestation of its systematic disregard for international law, and its brazen policy of destabilizing the region. It adds to its long and dubious record of aggression, brutal military actions in Gaza, repeated cross-border strikes in Syria, Lebanon, Iran, and Yemen \u2013 all of which amount to violations of the UN Charter and IHL.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pakistan called on the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on Thursday\u00a0to move beyond mere condemnation of the Israeli strikes targeting Hamas negotiators and hold Israel accountable for its \u201cillegal and unprovoked aggression\u201d against Qatar. Speaking at the 15-member Council\u2019s emergency meeting on the Middle East, Ambassador Asim Iftikhar Ahmad, Pakistan\u2019s permanent representative to the UN, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":98717,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/i.tribune.com.pk\/media\/images\/whatsapp-image-2025-06-14-at-3-07-00-am1749852447-0\/whatsapp-image-2025-06-14-at-3-07-00-am1749852447-0-640x480.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-98716","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98716","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=98716"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98716\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/98717"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98716"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=98716"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=98716"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}