LAHORE: Palestine has reinstated its ambassador to Pakistan after he wasrecalled for attending a rally organised by the Difa-e-Pakistan Council(DPC) to protest the US decision on Jerusalem, Pakistan Ulema Council (PUC)chairman said on Sunday.

PUC chairman Maulana Tahir Ashrafi told Geo News he had requestedPalestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and the country’s Chief Justice toreinstate Walid Abu Ali, in view of the ambassador’s services rendered toPakistan.

The Palestinian president has reinstated Ambassador Walid Abu Ali and hewill return to Pakistan on Wednesday to resume his duty, Ashrafi said.

Walid Abu Ali was recalled for violating diplomatic norms by attending amass DPC rally held in the garrison city of Rawalpindi last week to protestthe US decision of recognising Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.

The spokesman for the Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Emigrantshad issued a statement saying, “The ministry considers the participation ofour Ambassador in Pakistan [Walid Abu Ali] in a mass solidarity rally withJerusalem held in Rawalpindi on Friday and in the presence of peopleaccused of terrorism as an unintended mistake but not justified.Accordingly, the ministry decided directly, from the sovereignty of thePresident of the State of Palestine, to summon the Palestinian ambassadorto Pakistan immediately.”

Speculations had been rife at the Diplomatic Enclave that the Palestinianambassador to Pakistan was recalled after he was seen rubbing shoulderswith the Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) chief Hafiz Saeed, declared as a terrorist bythe United Nations, at the rally.