JI seeks Australia’s help for Gaza ceasefire

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Australian High Commissioner Neil Hawkins on Tuesday called on Jamaat-i-Islami emir Sirajul Haq at Mansoorah.

Both sides discussed Pak-Australia relations and matters of mutual interest. JI foreign affairs director Asif Luqman Qazi was also present.

Haq urged the visiting ambassador to use diplomatic influence to halt the bloodshed in Gaza, emphasising the need for an urgent ceasefire in the war-torn area.

Haq handed over a letter to Hawkins addressed to Australian Prime Minister Anthony Norman Albanese, highlighting the dire situation in Palestine and seeking Australia’s intervention.

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