“The religious leader of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam and the former head of the Pakistani Council of Islamic Ideology, Maulana Muhammad Khan Sherani, announced, during a conference on Saturday, his support to the normalization relations with Israel,” according to Pakistani resources.

His statements were quoted in a video, which was shared on social media.

When a question has been released about his position on possible Pakistani recognition of Israel, he replied: "This is an international issue, and I support the recognition of the State of Israel."

Sherani added, "It is worthy of the intellectuals Muslims to read the Holy Qur’an when the Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon him) said to the Prophet Moses, We have given land in your name or we have given land to your followers." claiming that the Holy Qur’an and History prove that the land of Israel is only for Jews.

His statements came less than a week after the news saying that a mission from a large Islamic country from Asia, which had no diplomatic relations with Israel, had visited Tel Aviv aiming to an expected normalization.

“These are rumors aim at creating chaos to harm Pakistan's image in the Islamic world," Taher Ashrafi, the advisor of the Pakistani Prime Minister said.