Dar arrives in Jeddah for OIC meeting
Ishaq Dar arrives in Jeddah for OIC meeting on Palestine on 27 February 2026.
Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Senator Ishaq Dar arrived at the OIC Secretariat in Jeddah on Friday to participate in the Extraordinary Ministerial Session of the OIC Executive Committee.
The session was convened to discuss recent illegal Israeli measures, including settlement expansions and attempts to impose alleged sovereignty over the Occupied West Bank.
Upon his arrival, DPM was received by OIC Assistant Secretary General for Palestine and Al-Quds Affairs, Samir Bakr, along with Pakistan’s Permanent Representative to the OIC. The meeting is part of broader efforts by member states to coordinate a unified response to the ongoing developments in Palestine.
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Deputy Prime Minister/Foreign Minister Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar @MIshaqDar50 arrived at the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Secretariat in Jeddah to participate in the Extraordinary Ministerial Session of the OIC Executive Committee convened to deliberate on recent… pic.twitter.com/SjuLO3KriH
Dar departed today for Saudi Arabia to attend the Open-Ended Extraordinary Ministerial Session of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Executive Committee in Jeddah, scheduled from February 26 to 28, according to a Foreign Office post on X.
According to the post, "He will hold sideline meetings with counterparts from OIC Member States. During the visit, he will also undertake brief visits to the Holy Cities".
Deputy Prime Minister/Foreign Minister Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar @MIshaqDar60 has departed Islamabad for the Saudi Arabia to attend the Open-Ended Extraordinary Ministerial Session of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (#OIC) Executive Committee in Jeddah (26–28 February… pic.twitter.com/3EtSc0Xo8h
— Ministry of Foreign Affairs - Pakistan (@ForeignOfficePk) February 26, 2026The session is expected to focus, in particular, on recent decisions and measures declaring lands in the occupied West Bank as Israeli property. Diplomatic sources said member states are likely to issue a strong condemnation.
On February 22, in a joint statement, foreign ministers from Pakistan, Egypt, Jordan, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Indonesia, Kuwait, Oman, Turkiye, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Lebanon, Syria, and Palestine, along with the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, League of Arab States, and Gulf Cooperation Council, expressed “profound concern”.
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The concern was regarding comments made by the US Ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee speakig to Tucker Carlson, suggesting he would not oppose Tel Aviv taking over large parts of the Middle East.
The ministers said Huckabee’s remarks contradicted “the vision put forward by US President Donald Trump, as well as the Comprehensive Plan to End the Gaza Conflict,” which they said aims to contain escalation and create a political path toward a settlement ensuring Palestinians have an independent state.
Dar, alongside Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Chief of Defence Forces Asim Munir, on Tuesday attended a meeting with the Emir of Qatar, Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, in Doha, with discussions spanning bilateral cooperation and the evolving regional situation.
While the prime minister's statement regarding the Qatar visit did not explicitly spell out specific regional flashpoints, it is understood that ongoing tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan, the Iran-US standoff, and efforts surrounding a Gaza peace plan figured in the discussions, given the fast-evolving security environment in the wider region.