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• Ulema Council seeks action against visitors to Israel
• PTV anchorperson sacked
• State-run STZA’s website highlights Israeli firm’s tweet
ISLAMABAD: The Senate on Monday condemned the Israeli forces action against innocent Palestinians in Al-Aqsa mosque compound and Pakistan Television (PTV) terminated the services of an anchorperson who recently visited Israel.
The controversy about the recent visit to Isreal was raised in the upper house of parliament by Jamaat-i-Islami Senator Mushtaq Ahmed who demanded that the nationality of those expatriates of Pakistani origin who travelled to Israel be cancelled and the NGO that facilitated their visit be banned.
He said the visit of Ahmed Qureshi, working for state-run TV as part of the delegation, raised many questions and sought to know under which authority and on which travel documents he undertook the visit.
Since the visit drew sharp criticism from several quarters, including Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan who alleged that the incumbent government was ‘tasked with recognising’ the Zionist state, clarifications have been issued by spokesperson for the ministry of foreign affairs, federal ministers and Pakistan Ulema Council.
Leader of the House in Senate and Law Minister Azam Nazeer Tarar assured the house that he would place the information after getting a briefing from the Foreign Office and relevant quarters.
He said he would provide complete details to the house who had gone there, to which...
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