KARACHI - Al-Quds Day was observed with full fervour and enthusiasm on Friday in order to express solidarity with the oppressed of the Palestine who are striving for their liberation from cruel clutches of Israel, the Zionist state. One the eve, a big rally was held here in the metropolis in which a number of people belong to all walks of life participated. The call for observing Jummatul Wida (last Friday of fasting month of Ramadan) as Al-Quds Day was by the late Imam Khomeini in 1979 to condemn and foil the conspiracies hatched by the US imperialism and Israel against the Muslim Ummah particularly the innocent people of Palestine. The procession was taken out from Numaish Chowrangi and culminated at Regal Chowk and addressed by President of the Imamia Students Organization Syed Hassan Zaidi, Allama Aftab Haider Jafari, Allama Qazi Ahmed Noorani Siddiqui, Maulana Baqar Zaidi, and Maulana Mirza Yusuf Hussain. Thousands of the Participants including men, women, and children raised slogans against the United States and Israel for their unscrupulous tactic against poor people of Palestine. US and Israeli flags as well as effigies of US President Barrak Obama and Israeli Prime Minister BinYamin Netanyahu were also set on fire. Demonstrators were carrying the flags of Pakistan, Hezbullah, Hammas, Jehad-e-Islami and ISO and also holding the portraits of Hezbullah leader Syed Hassan Nasarullah, Imam Khomeini and Ayatullah Khamenei. Speaking at the rally, ISO Central President Hassan Zaidi hailed the resistance put up by Hezbollah, Hammas, Jehad-e-Islami and Palestinian forces against the Zionist state and said the Israel was bound to face defeat at the hands of brave and courageous liberation forces. The recent evacuation of Israeli forces from Gaza is the victory of Palestinian Muslims, he said, adding that the Jihad against the very existence of Israel would not let the dream of the Zionist state come true. He announced that they were ready to sacrifice their life for the supremacy of Islam and freedom of the land of messengers. Allama Aftab Haider Jafari said that the so-called rulers of certain Islamic states were finding a settlement of the Palestine issue through various means but the only way to resolve it was the one declared by Imam Khomeini who called for Jihad. Waging Jihad against Zionist occupation forces is obligatory on Ummah in defence of Muslim countries, he added. He declared Israel as the biggest terrorists of the world and stressed the need to launch a war against the coloniser state. If we really want to end terrorism, the elimination of Israel is essential, he said. He said that it was shameful that the second Qibla of Muslims, the Bait-ul-Muqdas, was under the occupation of Jews saying that Zionists were hatching the conspiracy to destroy the Al-Quds and had planned to make the Hekal-e-Suleman at the same place. Maulana Baqar Hussain Zaidi said that said that Ummah would continue to observe Jummatul Wida as Al-Quds Day until the liberation of the Al-Quds saying that Al-Quds Day is the day of Islam and Holy Prophet Mohammad (PBUH). Muslim rulers are busy serving the Americans and our disunity is benefiting the enemies of Islam, he said. He condemned Israel who had forcibly uprooted Palestinians from their lands and are living a life of refugees in different parts of the world, adding that US invasions of the third world countries has resulted in the killing thousands of innocent people. Noted scholar Allama Qazi Ahmed Noorani Siddiqui has said that the issue of Al-Quds could only be resolved through war. He paid rich tribute to the noted Islamic leader Imam Khomeini, who issued the decree against the Zionist regime and asked the Muslims of the world to raise their voice for the Palestinian people. The rally also adopted a resolution in favour of the Hezbullah and Hamas. The resolution condemned the American and NATO interference in Pakistan. They also condemned the presence of Black water terrorist organisation in the country and development of the largest US embassy in Pakistan and termed that this was considered as the attack on the national sovereignty.