Pakistan Wednesday condemned the assassination of Hamas Political Bureau Chief Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran today, expressing deep shock at the timing of the reckless act.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson, in a statement released today, stated: “Pakistan condemns terrorism in all its forms and manifestations including extrajudicial and extraterritorial killings irrespective of the motives.”
In the statement, Pakistan extended its condolences to Haniyeh’s family and the people of Palestine.
“We are deeply shocked by the timing of this reckless act, coinciding with the inauguration of the President of Iran, an event attended by several foreign dignitaries, including the Deputy Prime Minister of Pakistan,” the statement read,” said the ministry.
Calling out Israel for the attack, it maintained that Pakistan views with serious concern the growing Israeli adventurism in the region.
“Its latest acts constitute a dangerous escalation in an already volatile region and undermine efforts for peace.
Haniyeh, the leader of the Palestinian resistance group, who was in Iran to attend the swearing in ceremony of the reformist president Masoud Pezeshkian was killed at his residence.
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), in a statement, said that Hamas chief and one of his bodyguards were killed after their residence in Tehran was targeted.
The country’s state-run news agency IRNA said Haniyeh was attacked via an air-borne guided projectile that struck a house in the north of Tehran at around 2am local time.
