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 Ex-senator Mushtaq Ahmad receives warm welcome at Islamabad International Airport upon his return after being released from Israeli custody. — screengrab via Geo News
A number of citizens, holding Pakistani and Palestinian flags, reached Islamabad International Airport to welcome the former lawmaker. The citizens showered rose petals and raised slogans in favour of the people of Palestine.
The Jamaat-e-Islami leader, speaking to the media, said that it has been over two years since the mass killing of Muslims in Palestine began.
He said that thousands of children in Gaza have been left disabled and orphaned, adding that he and others spent thirty days and thirty nights at sea during their journey.
Ahmad revealed that the Samad Flotilla came under three drone attacks during the voyage.
He emphasised that Muslim countries must come together and deliberate on the situation in Palestine, describing the ongoing genocide over the past two years as the height of brutality.
Ahmad reached Islamabad from Jordan via Bahrain, hours after the Pakistani Embassy in Jordan said on X: “Alhamdulillah, Senator Mushtaq Ahmad has safely departed for Pakistan.“
“In accordance with the instructions of the Deputy Prime Minister of Pakistan, the Embassy of Pakistan in Amman ensured all necessary arrangements were made for his safe and smooth departure,” it added.
The former senator was released from Israel’s custody and deported to the Pakistan embassy in Amman, Jordan, on Tuesday. His release was confirmed by Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar.
In a video message released after his release, Ahmad had said he was imprisoned at Ketziot Prison, also known as Ansar III, a high-security facility in Israel’s Negev desert.
“I was subjected to torture. My eyes were blindfolded, guns were pointed at us,” he said. “I went on a hunger strike, and there was no access to air, drinking water, or medication by Israeli forces,” the former senator had said, recounting his experience.
Ahmad was among several individuals detained earlier this month after Israeli forces intercepted the Global Sumud Flotilla, which was carrying humanitarian aid to Gaza.
The 45-ship flotilla, carrying activists and political figures, departed from Spain last month with an aim of breaking Israel’s blockade of Gaza, where the United Nations has warned of an impending famine. |
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Post time 2025-10-10 12:46:41