Dr Yousaf Othaimeen assures full support to the people of Kashmir in their legitimate struggle. PHOTO: FILE
While presiding a seminar & photo exhibition on Kashmir at the OIC Secretariat today, Dr Othaimeen reiterated the organisation's full support to the people of Kashmir in their legitimate struggle for the fundamental right to self-determination.
The programme titled 'Kashmir continues to Bleed' was jointly organised by the Pakistan Consulate Jeddah and the OIC.
The Secretary General called on the Indian government to stop using force against the Kashmiri people. He recalled his recent meeting with the Prime Minister Imran Khan, in which Kashmir was the first issue discussed between the two, and that he had assured the premier of OIC's unflinching support.
In his address, Consul General Shehryar Akbar Khan said the Kashmir Black Day event was organised to mark the illegal entry of Indian force into occupied Jammu and Kashmir in 1947. He thanked the OIC, Saudi Arabia and the member states and the international community for supporting the cause of the people of Kashmir in their legitimate struggle against foreign occupation.
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He said that the government of Pakistan will continue to extend all moral, political and diplomatic support to the Kashmiri people in their historic struggle.
Khan highlighted the plight of the people of Kashmir under foreign occupation and urged the international community to persuade India to end human rights violations and support the UN Report’s recommendation to constitute a Commission of Inquiry (CoI) to investigate the human rights violations.
Ghulam Muhammad Safi, True Representative of Kashmiri People, briefed the audience about the prevailing situation and continued human rights violations. He called on the international community and the OIC to play their role to enable the Kashmiri people exercise their inherent right of self-determination.
Later, members of the Kashmir committee, Jeddah presented a resolution to the Secretary General, calling upon the OIC to redouble its efforts to resolve the Kashmir issue.
The photo exhibition and seminar highlighting Indian occupation in Kashmir at the OIC Secretariat has become an annual feature for the past five years. The event was attended by high-level OIC officials, including Ambassador Abdullah Al-Alim, OIC’s Secretary General’s Special Representative on Jammu and Kashmir, Saudi officials, members of Diplomatic Corps, local dignitaries and representatives of the Pakistani community.
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