Qureshi discusses Islamophobia issue with OIC Secretary General

ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi's met Secretary General of Organization  of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Yousef Al-Othaimeen in Jeddah on Thursday and discussed growing trend of hatred towards Islam and Muslims in different parts  of the world.

In a meeting held on sidelines of OIC Council of Foreign Ministers’ meeting  in Saudi Arabia’s port city, the Foreign Minister hoped that OIC would initiate  necessary process to implement Pakistan’s proposals to combat Islamophobia,  as agreed during the emergency OIC meeting in Istanbul earlier this year.

Qureshi apprised the Secretary General of the continued human rights violations  of Indian security forces in IoK and lauded OIC’s unwavering support to Pakistan on the Jammu and Kashmir dispute.

He also thanked the Secretary General for appointing Special Envoy for Jammu  and Kashmir.

Foreign Minister Qureshi also apprised the Secretary General of the measures being taken by Pakistan to expand its engagement with the  OIC including the establishment of the office of Pakistan’s Permanent  Representative to the OIC in Jeddah.

As OIC completes 50 years of its founding in 2019, the Foreign Minister  informed the Secretary General that Pakistan would hold a number of  activities to mark the organization’s golden jubilee.