ISLAMABAD   -  Pakistan on Monday said it viewed the recent alarming developments in the occupied Palestinian territories with serious concern.

“These include harassment of people coming for prayers, arrests of innocent Palestinians and other arbitrary restrictions in violation of fundamental human rights,” said Foreign Office spokesperson Zahid Hafeez Chaudhri.

These illegal measures had seen an upsurge since the onset of the holy month of Ramazan, Chaudhri said.

“Pakistan condemns these violent acts carried out by the Israeli occupation forces and urges the international community for prompt action to protect Palestinians,” he added.

He said: “Pakistan steadfastly supports the Palestinian people’s inalienable right to self-determination. For just and lasting peace, it is imperative to have a two-state solution in accordance with the relevant United Nations and OIC resolutions, with the pre-1967 borders, and Al-Quds Al-Sharif as the capital of a viable, independent and contiguous Palestinian State.”