Pakistan's defence minister calls Israel 'curse for humanity' in deleted post

Pakistan's defence minister calls Israel 'curse for humanity' in deleted post Submitted by Daniel Tester on Fri, 04/10/2026 - 11:59 Pakistan is set to mediate talks between the US and Iran from Saturday Pakistan's Defence Minister Khawaja Asif during an interview with Reuters in Islamabad on 20 October 2025 (Reuters) Off Pakistan's defence minister Khawaja Asif called Israel "evil" and a "curse for humanity" in an X post on Thursday, just hours before US and Iranian delegations were expected to arrive to conduct peace talks mediated by Pakistan in Islamabad. In the post, which has since been deleted, Asif wrote that "while peace talks are underway in Islamabad, genocide is being committed in Lebanon. Innocent citizens are being killed by Israel, first Gaza, then Iran and now Lebanon , bloodletting continues unabated.