Pakistani lawmakers walked out of parliament in protest and their supporters planned protests at mosques across the country Friday to condemn the first public talks between Pakistan and Israel.
“We urge the people to fully participate in today's rallies to tell the rulers that we will not allow them to recognize Israel,” said Ameer ul-Azeem, spokesman for Mutahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA), an opposition coalition of six Islamic parties.
According to The AP, Mr. ul-Azeem also attacked Pakistani President General Pervez Musharraf for arranging Thursday's meeting in Istanbul between Foreign Minister Kasuri and his Israeli peer without consulting parliament, and for planning to send a delegation to Jerusalem.
“Only one individual [Musharraf] took this decision. We condemn it,” said Hafiz Hussain Ahmed, deputy chief of MMA.
