The Pakistani nation is celebrating Eid ul Adha on Monday in solidarity with its brethren in Gaza who are being oppressed by Israel as thousands, including women and children, have lost their lives in the months-long war.
At least 37,337 Palestinians have been killed and 85,299 injured in Israel’s military offensive on Gaza since October 7, the Gaza health ministry said, with thousands more dead feared unrecovered under the rubble.
Despite growing international pressure for a ceasefire, an agreement to halt the fighting still appears distant, more than eight months since the war began.
In their Eid messages, Pakistan’s top leadership expressed solidarity with the war-torn nation as well as people in Indian Illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir and sought redressal to their worries.
While Muslims prayed for their brothers and sisters in the Gulf nation, they also sacrificed animals — goats, cows, camels, etc — to commemorate the sacrifice by Prophet Ibrahim (AS).
To ensure that the religious festival witnesses no untoward situation, security has also been tightened across the country, with thousands of police personnel deployed across the country.
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