Pakistanis rally against US, Israel

The protesters on Wednesday condemned the brutal acts of Israel against the oppressed people of Palestine.

Chanting anti-US slogans, people from all walks of life, including women and children, participated in the rallies in major cities of Pakistan.

The demonstrators also held placards reading “Down with America” and “Down with Israel.”

The demonstrators also torched flags of the United States and Israel.

Protest leaders said US and Israeli forces were behind the unrest and sectarian violence that have plagued Pakistan for years and claimed thousands of innocent lives.

“Those who are trying to defame Pakistan and Islam, we want to tell them that a Muslim who recites Kalema can never be terrorist, America, Israel and India are the culprits who are spreading terrorism,” Kamran Khan, a member of Commission on Interreligious Affairs, told Press TV.

Demonstrators also expressed opposition to the possible restoration of Pakistan’s supply routes for US-led forces fighting in Afghanistan.

They demanded the Pakistani government permanently close the supply lines for NATO forces which they described as a big threat to the peace and sovereignty of the country.

The demand for permanent closure of the supply routes came amid speculations that Pakistan is set to reopen the supply routes which were closed after 24 Pakistani soldiers were killed during US airstrikes in the North West Pakistan in November, 2011.

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