Exclusive: Pakistan Defines Gaza Role – Peacekeeping, Not Policing, Is Its Red Line
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Pakistan Draws Gaza Red Line: Peacekeeping, Not Policing, Rules Out Enforcement
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News18•19-02-2026, 17:09
Pakistan Draws Gaza Red Line: Peacekeeping, Not Policing, Rules Out Enforcement
•Pakistan clarifies its potential involvement in Gaza, strictly open to a peacekeeping mandate only, ruling out 'peace enforcement' or forcible demilitarisation.
•Islamabad will not support missions imposing a governing body on Gaza, focusing instead on stabilisation, humanitarian corridors, and reconstruction.
•Pakistan joins seven other nations in condemning Israel's designation of West Bank territories as 'state land', reaffirming support for a sovereign Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital.
•PM Shehbaz Sharif attends the Gaza Peace Board in Washington, DC, while Deputy PM Ishaq Dar represents Pakistan at a UN Security Council briefing in New York.
•Pakistan secures partnerships in nuclear medicine with IAEA and signs a five-year program with UNODC to combat illicit trafficking and strengthen criminal justice.