Director General Institute of Strategic Studies in Islamabad (ISSI) Masood Khan said that Pakistan was consistently supporting the Kashmiri cause and it stood by their resistance against the Indian occupation.
Addressing a public talk entitled “The OIC and the dispute of Jammu and Kashmir” he said that Saudi Arabia has a strong bond with Pakistan and has never deserted it. He said during the 1990s, the OIC resolution on the issue was a new beginning and an earth-shattering development as people had forgotten the issue of Jammu and Kashmir at that time.
He said it was a model for the Muslim world regarding the issue of Jammu and Kashmir. “Saudi Arabia and Turkey are prominent members of the Contact Group on the issue of Jammu and Kashmir and have shown an unflinching support to Pakistan’s stance on the issue,” Khan said.
“No matter what happens, Kashmiris of all ages, supported by Pakistanis, and supported by the OIC, will keep pursuing their struggle,” he added.
Addressing the audience, Secretary General on Jammu and Kashmir Abdullah Al-Alim said that OIC reaffirmed its principled position on every humanitarian issue and attaches a higher degree of importance to the issue of Kashmir.
He said that the OIC reiterated its principled position of continued support to the Kashmiri people’s right to self-determination in accordance with the UN Security Council resolutions.
He further added that the Contact Group had been constantly conveying the OIC’s concerns to the international community regarding the flagrant human rights violations and the abuse of basic rights of the Kashmiris.