Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif, who is in Saudi Arabia, will participate in the extraordinary Joint Arab Islamic Summit, being held in Riyadh on Monday.

In his address, the Prime Minister will present Pakistan's stance on Israeli atrocities in Palestinian territories including Gaza.

Shehbaz Sharif in his post on X wrote that at the summit, he will discuss the rapidly deteriorating situation in Gaza and speak with one voice for the rights of the Palestinian people and reaffirm collective call for regional peace.

The Prime Minister will reiterate Pakistan’s full support to the Palestinian cause and call for an immediate end to the genocide in Gaza and immediate cessation of ongoing Israeli adventurism in the region.

Pakistan will also call for international protection for the Palestinian people and the establishment of an independent State of Palestine as of 4 June 1967 borders, with Quds Al Sharif as its capital.