{"id":118328,"date":"2025-12-28T13:31:34","date_gmt":"2025-12-28T08:31:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/?p=118328"},"modified":"2025-12-28T13:31:36","modified_gmt":"2025-12-28T08:31:36","slug":"pakistan-will-not-send-forces-to-gaza-to-disarm-hamas-says-dpm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/2025\/118328\/","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan will not send forces to Gaza to disarm Hamas, says DPM"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>ISLAMABAD(National Times)- Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar said on Saturday Pakistan was willing to contribute to an international peacekeeping force in Gaza, though it would not deploy troops to disarm or de-weaponise Hamas. \u201cIf they say that we should go and start fighting, disarm Hamas, de-weaponise them, and go and destroy the tunnels that Hamas has built until now, that is not our job,\u201d Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar told reporters during a year-end briefing in Islamabad. He emphasised there was clarity between civil and military leadership over the matter. \u201cWe have a very complete understanding on this matter that we cannot do that kind of work,\u201d he added. The deputy prime minister said Pakistan had been using the term \u201cpeacekeeping\u201d and had never used the phrase \u201cpeace enforcement\u201d while discussing the force. \u201cI have been very clear: Pakistan will be happy to join if the mandate is not peace enforcement and disarming and de-weaponising Hamas.\u201d Dar said Pakistan would not land its forces in Palestine to \u201cfight Muslims.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD(National Times)- Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar said on Saturday Pakistan was willing to contribute to an international peacekeeping force in Gaza, though it would not deploy troops to disarm or de-weaponise Hamas. \u201cIf they say that we should go and start fighting, disarm Hamas, de-weaponise them, and go and destroy the tunnels that Hamas [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":118329,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-118328","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national","entry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.0 - 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