{"id":16194,"date":"2025-09-16T13:59:18","date_gmt":"2025-09-16T08:59:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/?p=16194"},"modified":"2025-09-16T13:59:18","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T08:59:18","slug":"pm-shehbaz-sharif-emir-of-qatar-agree-to-maintain-close-contacts-amid-regional-tensions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/?p=16194","title":{"rendered":"PM Shehbaz Sharif, Emir of Qatar Agree to Maintain Close Contacts Amid Regional Tensions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"><strong>Pakistan and Qatar agreed on Tuesday to remain in close contact in view of the unfolding situation in the region following\u00a0Israel\u2019s recent attack\u00a0on the Gulf state.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif met with the Emir of the State of Qatar, His Highness Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, on the sidelines of the Emergency Arab\u2013Islamic Summit convened in Doha, said the Prime Minister\u2019s Office (PMO) in a statement today.<\/p>\n<p>Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar and Field Marshal Chief of Army Staff Syed Asim Munir were also present in the meeting.<\/p>\n<p>During their meeting, the PM reiterated Pakistan\u2019s strongest condemnation of the Israeli strike on a residential area in Doha and reaffirmed all-out support and solidarity with Qatar at this critical time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Prime Minister termed Israel\u2019s attack of September 9 a flagrant violation of Qatar\u2019s sovereignty and territorial integrity, as well as a serious breach of international law,\u201d the PMO stated.<\/p>\n<p>The premier again emphasized that Pakistan and Qatar\u2019s fraternal ties were historic, longstanding, and abiding, and \u201cthey would grow stronger in the coming days.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>PM Shehbaz stressed that Israel\u2019s aggression in the Middle East must be stopped immediately, and unity within the Ummah was vitally important in the face of repeated Israeli provocations.<\/p>\n<p>In this regard, he deeply appreciated Qatar\u2019s decision to convene the Emergency Arab-Islamic Summit in Doha.<\/p>\n<p>He also recalled that at Qatar\u2019s request, Pakistan had sought an emergency session of the\u00a0UN Security Council\u00a0to discuss the deteriorating situation in the Middle East.<\/p>\n<p>His Highness expressed appreciation for the PM\u2019s participation in the Emergency Arab-Islamic Summit as well as for his visit to Doha.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, violating international laws and territorial integrity, Israel carried out multiple attacks in Qatar, killing five Hamas members, none of them top leaders, as well as a Qatari member of the security forces in his 20s.<\/p>\n<p>This unprovoked military aggression drew condemnation from different countries.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1682608561302-0\" class=\"ad__wrapper__slot flex justify-center py-2 my-2 ad-rendered\" data-rendered-classes=\"\" data-name=\"BRecorder-Responsive-Middle-LEADERBOARD\" data-height=\"90px\" data-width=\"728px\" data-selector=\".story__content p:nth-of-type(3)\" data-google-query-id=\"CKvh88X03I8DFa4mBgAd63cnxw\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pakistan and Qatar agreed on Tuesday to remain in close contact in view of the unfolding situation in the region following\u00a0Israel\u2019s recent attack\u00a0on the Gulf state. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif met with the Emir of the State of Qatar, His Highness Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, on the sidelines of the Emergency Arab\u2013Islamic Summit [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":16195,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"googlesitekit_rrm_CAowgLK2DA:productID":"","_sitemap_exclude":false,"_sitemap_priority":"","_sitemap_frequency":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"subtitle":""},"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[47,46,36],"tags":[8485,8486,2856,564,1634],"class_list":["post-16194","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-important-news","category-latest","category-pakistan","tag-emir-of-qatar","tag-israeli-attacks","tag-middle-east","tag-palestine","tag-shehbaz-sharif"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16194","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16194"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16194\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16196,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16194\/revisions\/16196"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/16195"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16194"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16194"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16194"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}