Overview

• Marking the International Day of Peace, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif urged tackling poverty, rights denials and intolerance as root causes of conflict and called for UN‑charter‑based dispute resolution.
• He said lasting peace requires self‑determination for Palestinians and for people in Indian‑administered Jammu and Kashmir in line with UN Security Council resolutions.
• In a London address to overseas Pakistanis, Shehbaz insisted there can be no normalisation or talks with India without a Kashmir settlement, saying any dialogue must be on equal terms.
• He cited reports of more than 64,000 Palestinians killed in Gaza and condemned the obstruction of aid, while highlighting Pakistan’s record in UN peacekeeping and humanitarian assistance.
• Parliamentary leaders reiterated support for Palestinian and Kashmiri rights, Pakistan pressed the UN Security Council for a permanent Gaza truce, and Indian intelligence sources portrayed Shehbaz’s Kashmir–Gaza linkage as a provocative escalation.