New Delhi/Islamabad, May 31 (IANS): Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh has urged the Islamic nations to forge strategic partnerships to fight for seizing control of Muslim lands across the world.

Pakistani newspapers reported that in a recorded speech played in a Jamaat-i-Islami rally in Peshawar on Sunday, Haniyeh urged the Prime Minister Imran Khan-led Pakistan government to support the Palestinian cause with concrete actions. The rally was organised in support of Hamas and Palestine.

Jamaat chief Sirajul Haq and other senior leaders of the party also addressed the rally where the participants chanted slogans of "Death to Israel" and "We are ready to sacrifice our lives to liberate Al-Aqsa Mosque", the Dawn newspaper reported.

"I hope Prime Minister Imran Khan would take practical steps for supporting the cause of Palestine," Haniyeh said, urging the Muslim countries to establish strategic partnerships to get complete control over Al-Quds in Jerusalem.

In response to Haniyeh's appeal, Jamaat chief Sirajul Haq endorsed him and said that the "existing circumstances have proved that the issue of Palestine and Kashmir could not be resolved through resolutions".

"Time has come to move forward to liberate Palestine and Kashmir from the clutches of Israel and India," Haq said.

"A small group of Afghan Talibans defeated the US allied forces in Afghanistan while the Muslim countries, including Pakistan, Turkey, Iran and Saudi Arabia having a 7.4 million strong army, are unable to deter the Israeli aggression," Dawn quoted Haq as saying at the rally.