Banjul
\nDeputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar on Sunday expressed Pakistan\u2019s deep concern over Israel\u2019s ongoing brutal military onslaught against the Palestinian people in Gaza and the West Bank.
\nIn the backdrop of the genocide of Palestinians and atrocities of Israeli forces, he urged the OIC member states to work together for an immediate and unconditional ceasefire and uninterrupted humanitarian assistance to the besieged Palestinians.
\nAddressing the 15th Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Summit Conference in Banjul, the capital of The Gambia, he also expressed Pakistan\u2019s support for Palestine\u2019s admission as a full member of the UN, resumption of the peace process for realisation of the two-state solution and establishment of a viable, contiguous and sovereign state of Palestine on the basis of pre-1967 borders, with Al-Quds Al-Sharif as its capital, Foreign Office Spokesperson said in a press release.
\nHighlighting Indian atrocities in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK), especially after India\u2019s illegal and unilateral actions of August 5, 2019, the deputy prime minister and foreign minister urged the OIC to implement its action plan on Jammu and Kashmir; demand that India ends all human rights violations; release Hurriyat leaders; and reverse its illegal demographic and other unilateral laws.
\nHe appreciated the OIC for its principled support for the Kashmir cause and requested the OIC member countries to use their influence for urgent resolution of the Jammu and Kashmir dispute as per relevant UN Security Council and the OIC resolutions.
\nCondemning the rising trend of Islamophobia and discrimination against Muslims in various parts of the world, Dar urged the OIC to formulate a joint strategy to work with global social media platforms to harmonise their application of content regulation policies for blasphemous, anti-Islamic and Islamophobic content.
\nHe appreciated OIC\u2019s appointment of a special envoy on Islamophobia. He also strongly condemned the surge in anti-Pakistan rhetoric and Islamophobic narratives by India\u2019s political leaders during the ongoing Lok Sabha elections which threatened regional stability.
\nHe highlighted that Pakistan continued to face externally sponsored terrorism from across its borders, despite contributing the most to the fight against terrorism.
\nThe deputy prime minister underscored that the OIC could play an important role in global economic growth. He urged the OIC to work collectively to address the existential threat of climate change, which caused catastrophic floods in Pakistan in 2022.
\nDar also expressed Pakistan\u2019s support to revitalise the UN system and reform the UN Security Council \u2013 to make it more representative, democratic, and effective for international peace and security.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Banjul Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar on Sunday expressed Pakistan\u2019s deep concern over Israel\u2019s ongoing brutal military onslaught against the Palestinian people in Gaza and the West Bank. In the backdrop of the genocide of Palestinians and atrocities of Israeli forces, he urged the OIC member states to work together […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":404980,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-404963","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world"},"yoast_head":"\n