Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi while addressing the emergency virtual meeting of the OIC Contact Group in Islamabad said India has been constantly targeting the civilian areas along the Line of Control (LoC) in Azad Kashmir violating the ceasefire agreement. He urged the OIC to take notice of it.

He also demanded United Nations Secretary-General take notice of the increased aggression of Indian actions along the LoC. India should allow the OIC delegation to visit the occupied valley, he said.

India has also been committing violence in Occupied Jammu and Kashmir and its violence along the LoC has been increased. He said India’s violations would disturb the regional peace.

On Pakistan’s call, an emergency virtual meeting of the OIC Contact Group on Jammu & Kashmir was held at the Ministerial level Monday, which took up the worsening situation in Indian Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IOJ&K), Foreign Office Spokesperson Aisha Farooqui said in a press release. The AJK President and True Representatives of the Kashmiri People also participated in the virtual meeting.

Earlier in a statement, the Foreign Office said “While the meeting will be chaired by OIC Secretary General, Dr Yousaf Al-Othaimeen, Foreign Minister of Pakistan Makhdoom Shah Mehmood Qureshi will apprise the participants of the prevailing situation in IOJ&K and brief on various aspects of the issue.”

The Foreign Ministers of other Contact Group member countries, i.e. Azerbaijan, Niger, Saudi Arabia and Turkey, and the representatives of the OIC-Independent Permanent Human Rights Commission (IPHRC) are expected to attend.

The OIC Contact Group on Jammu & Kashmir was formed in 1994 to voice OIC’s point of view and coordinate joint Islamic action on the Jammu and Kashmir dispute. This is the third meeting of the Contact Group since India’s illegal and unilateral actions of 5 August 2019 in IOJ&K.

The OIC has steadfastly supported the people of Jammu and Kashmir in their legitimate struggle for the realization of their inalienable right to self-determination. In addition to the meetings of the Contact Group, the OIC and its human rights body, IPHRC, have consistently pronounced themselves on the issue — condemning and rejecting India’s illegal and unilateral actions while reiterating support to the beleaguered people of IOJ&K, Aisha Farooqui said.

FO Spokesperson said, “The OIC Secretary General’s Special Envoy for Jammu and Kashmir, Ambassdor Yousef Al-Dobeay, visited Pakistan and Azad Jammu and Kashmir in March 2020 to reaffirm OIC’s support and solidarity with the Kashmiri people and acquire first-hand information on the situation along the Line of Control.”