National
May 16, 2021
KARACHI: To express unwavering solidarity with Palestinians as they brace relentless attacks from Israel, more protests were staged in Karachi on Saturday.
Tensions had erupted after Israeli forces stormed the Al-Aqsa Mosque on Friday last week, attacking Palestinian worshippers using rubber-coated steel bullets, stun grenades and tear gas.
Since hostilities caught pace on Monday, at least 122 Palestinians, including 31 children, have been killed and more than 900 wounded since, according to media reports.
The Milli Yakjehti Council (MYC), an alliance of several religious groups, representing all schools of thoughts — and including Jamaat-e-Islami (JI), the Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan (JUP), Majlis Wahdat Muslimeen, Tehreek-e-Minhajul Quran, Tanzeem-e-Islami, Jamaat-e-Ahle Hadith — gave a call for countrywide protests on Sunday (today) against Israeli brutalities against Palestinians.