{"id":23849,"date":"2025-01-11T02:56:08","date_gmt":"2025-01-11T02:56:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/?p=23849"},"modified":"2025-01-11T02:56:08","modified_gmt":"2025-01-11T02:56:08","slug":"prime-minister-reaffirms-unwavering-support-for-oics-shared-goals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/?p=23849","title":{"rendered":"Prime Minister reaffirms unwavering support for OIC&#8217;s shared goals"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"681\" src=\"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG-20250111-WA0037-1024x681.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23850\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG-20250111-WA0037-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG-20250111-WA0037-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG-20250111-WA0037-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG-20250111-WA0037-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG-20250111-WA0037-2048x1362.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Prime Minister receives the OIC Secretary General.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Islamabad :&nbsp; Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif received Mr Hissein Brahim Taha, Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), at the Prime Minister\u2019s House.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Prime Minister thanked the OIC Secretary General for his participation in the International Conference on Girls&#8217; Education in Muslim Communities, being organized in Islamabad on 11-12, January 2025. He noted that the initiative was aimed at galvanizing concrete and concerted efforts to further improve quality education and women empowerment in the Muslim World.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Deeply appreciating the Secretary General for his dynamic stewardship of the OIC, the Prime Minister reaffirmed Pakistan\u2019s full support to advancing the Organization\u2019s shared priorities and objectives while making it more effective as a collective voice of the Muslim Ummah.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Prime Minister expressed appreciation for the OIC\u2019s principled position and consistent support for the resolution of Jammu and Kashmir dispute, in accordance with the relevant resolutions of the UN and the OIC. On Palestine issue, while strongly condemning Israel\u2019s genocidal campaign, he stressed upon the need to to bring an immediate and unconditional ceasefire in Gaza, ensure unhindered delivery of humanitarian assistance for the Palestinian people and global accountability of Israel for its widely documented war crimes and crimes against humanity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Secretary General thanked the Prime Minister for the warm hospitality extended by Pakistan to him and his delegation. He said that the International Conference on Girls&#8217; Education in Muslim Communities exemplified Pakistan\u2019s leadership role on issues of importance for the Muslim Ummah.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Secretary General reaffirmed OIC\u2019s full support to the Kashmiri people in their legitimate struggle for freedom and self-determination and briefed the Prime Minister about the OIC&#8217;s ongoing diplomatic efforts in this regard. The Secretary General agreed with the Prime Minister that the OIC should continue to press upon the international community for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and stressed that addressing the Palestinian Question on basis of the two-state solution was key to ensuring durable peace and stability in the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The two sides also exchanged views on regional and global issues of shared interest, including Afghanistan and the global surge in Islamophobia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar and Special Assistant to the Prime Minister Tariq Fatimi were also present in the meeting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prime Minister receives the OIC Secretary General. 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