OIC Secretary General Hissein Brahim Taha accompanied by a five member delegation arrived in Islamabad on Saturday on a three day visit. He is visiting at the invitation of Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari. During his visit, the OIC Secretary General will call on Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and hold delegation level meeting with the Foreign Minister to discuss issues on the agenda of OIC including Jammu and Kashmir, Islamophobia and humanitarian situation in Afghanistan.

He will also visit Azad Jammu and Kashmir. The Secretary General's visit will enable exchange of views on how OIC can galvanize itself further to deliver on the aspirations of 1.9 billion Muslims that it represents. Pakistan as a founding member of OIC will continue to make efforts to promote Islamic solidarity, unity and dialogue in the organization.

As Chair of the CFM, it has worked towards fully activating the OIC peace and security architecture to resolve disputes and conflicts, established the OIC Trust Fund to channel dire humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan, provided leadership role to address the abhorrent phenomena of Islamophobia and promote cooperation between OIC member states in the domain of trade, commerce, food security, science and technology. Secretary General’s visit will enable exchange of views on how OIC can galvanize itself further to deliver on the aspirations of 1.9 billion Muslims that it represents.

Credit : Independent News Pakistan-INP