Pakistan is one of the founding members of the 57-nation Organisation of Islamic Countries (OIC), which has traditionally\u00a0backed\u00a0Islamabad on the Kashmir dispute. India, with one of the world\u2019s largest Muslim populations, has also been demanding membership in the OIC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has described the resolution developed by the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) at the Council of Foreign Ministers’ (CFM) meeting as a “triumph” for his country, Radio Pakistan reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Qureshi\u2019s reported statement on Monday came a day after Islamabad announced that the 57-member OIC, the world’s second-largest inter-governmental outfit after the United Nations, had passed a \u201cunanimous resolution\u201d questioning New Delhi\u2019s decision last year to annul the semi-autonomous status of Jammu and Kashmir.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pakistan\u2019s Foreign Office claimed that the resolution, besides \u201ccondemning\u201d India over their human rights\u2019 record in Jammu and Kashmir, also called upon New Delhi to withdraw the new land ownership laws in Jammu and Kashmir which allows people from other parts of the country to own property in the region<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u200bThe resolution on Jammu and Kashmir wasn\u2019t on the original agenda of the foreign ministers\u2019 meeting, as per a statement from the OIC at the start of two-day conference in Niamey, the capital of the sub-Saharan nation of Niger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIn addition to the Palestinian cause, the fight against violence, extremism and terrorism, Islamophobia, the Council will discuss the situation of Muslim minorities and communities in non-member states, fundraising for the Rohingya case at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), as well as the promotion of dialogue among civilisations, cultures and religions, and other emerging matters,\u201d read the OIC statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The resolution on Kashmir at the end of the meeting triggered a strong reaction from New Delhi, which stated that the OIC had no \u201clocus standi\u201d on the issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In a landmark parliamentary vote, New Delhi last year scrapped Article 370 from Jammu and Kashmir and bifurcated the region into two federally-administered Union Territories — Ladkadh, and Jammu and Kashmir.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Pakistan is one of the founding members of the 57-nation Organisation of Islamic Countries (OIC), which has traditionally\u00a0backed\u00a0Islamabad on the Kashmir dispute. India, with one of the world\u2019s largest Muslim populations, has also been demanding membership in the OIC. Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi […]<\/p>\n
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