ISLAMABAD, (APP): President Mamnoon Hussain Tuesday underlined
that Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) should make concerted efforts for resolving the issues being confronted by the Muslim Ummah including the Jammu and Kashmir.
The President was talking to OIC Secretary General’s special
representative on Jammu & Kashmir Abdullah Bin Abdurrahman Bin Bakr Alem who along with a delegation called on him at the Aiwan-e-Sadr, said a press release.
The President noted that in the Istanbul Summit of OIC collective and
forceful voice was raised for the resolution of Kashmir issue which further raised the expectations of Kashmiri people for its just solution.
He said that Kashmiri people had been victim of Indian barbarism
and aggression for a long time and as a result a large number of people lost their lives and thousands of people were incarcerated.
OIC should send a commission to Indian Occupied Kashmir to monitor the
human rights situation there so that real situation of occupied Kashmir could be brought forth to the international community, the President added.
He said that Jammu and Kashmir dispute was the root cause of tension in
South Asia, adding that peace would remain elusive till its resolution.
He emphasized that the issue of Jammu and Kashmir should be resolved
in accordance with United Nations Security Council resolutions and aspirations of the people of Kashmir.
The President underscored that OIC should make joint efforts for
resolution of issues confronting the Islamic World including the issues of Palestine, Kashmir, Nagorno-Karabakh, Sudan, Yemen and Syria.
The President thanked the OIC Secretary General’s special
representative for initiation of many development projects in Azad Kashmir by the Islamic countries.
OIC Secretary General’s special representative on Jammu & Kashmir
Abdullah Bin Abdurrahman Bin Bakr Alem apprised the President that Indian government was contacted a number of times for sending a commission to the Indian Occupied Kashmir but received no encouraging response.
He said that the issue of Kashmir should be resolved according
to the aspirations of its people for peace and prosperity in South
Asia.
Abdullah Bin Abdurrahman Bin Bakr Alem further apprised that
under the auspices of OIC work on many development projects in Azad
Kashmir was underway including construction of schools and other
projects.
The delegation comprised Executive Director of Islamic
Solidarity Fund (ISF) Ibrahim Abdullah Al-Khuzayem and
representatives from Islamic Development Bank.
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