KARACHI: Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) is holding what it says will be the biggest march in the country’s history in Karachi today, to protest against United States’ recognition of Al Quds as Israel’s capital.
The ‘Al-Quds’ march, which is intended to express solidarity with Palestinians and protest against US President Donald Trump’s recent decision to recognise Al Quds as Israel’s capital, will be taken out on University Road.
JI chief Sirajul Haq earlier said the march would be the country’s biggest ever.
Earlier this month, JI had announced to hold countrywide protests over Al Quds, with Sirajul Haq terming Trump’s decision as “adding fuel to the fire.”
Trump has put global peace in danger, he had said.
A fresh wave of violence has erupted on the Gaza Strip border following US recognition of Al Quds as Israel’s capital. As protests entered the second week, at least four Palestinians were shot dead and 150 others wounded by Israeli troops over the weekend.
Most of the casualties were on the Gaza Strip border, where thousands of Palestinians gathered to protest against Israeli soldiers beyond the fortified fence. Medics said the dead included a wheelchair-bound Palestinian.
In the occupied West Bank, another area where Palestinians are seeking statehood along with adjacent East Al Quds, medics said two protesters were killed and 10 wounded by Israeli gunfire.
