Pakistan’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, Ishaq Dar, has officially disowned the 20-point Gaza peace plan announced by US President Donald Trump, clarifying in parliament that the document was “not ours" and that “changes have been made to our draft" originally proposed by Muslim-majority nations. With this, Pakistan has emerged as the first major nation to officially distance itself from the proposal, acting even before a formal rejection from Hamas.

This public repudiation comes just days after the US plan, which calls for a ceasefire, hostage-prisoner swap, phased Israeli withdrawal, and the disarmament of Hamas, was made public.

The swift rejection policy is reportedly being orchestrated with the backing of the Pakistan Army Chief, Field Marshal Asim Munir, unders

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