Tag: Organisation of Islamic Cooperation

Qureshi meets Saudi counterpart amid rising tensions in Middle East

MAKKAH: Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi held a meeting with his Saudi counterpart Ibrahim Al Assaf here on Wednesday amid rising tensions in the Middle...

Pakistan approaches OIC against Dutch blasphemous cartoon contest

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has approached the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to lodge a protest against a cartoon competition in the Netherlands suggested by anti-Islam...

OIC declares East Jerusalem as Palestine’s capital

ANKARA: The 57-member Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has recognised East Jerusalem as the capital of the State of Palestine and invited other countries...

Israel is a state of ‘occupation’ and ‘terror’: Erdogan

ISTANBUL: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday slammed Israel as a state defined by “occupation” and “terror” as he opened the Organisation of...