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ORGANISATION OF ISLAMIC COOPERATION

• The organisation states that it is “the collective voice of the Muslim world” and works to “safeguard and protect the interests of the Muslim world in the spirit of promoting international peace and harmony”

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

• The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) held its first science and technology summit at the level of head of state and government in Astana, Republic of Kazakhstan, on 10–11 September 2017.
• Nur-Sultan known between 1998 and 2019 as Astana

PAKISTAN UNHAPPY WITH OIC

• Pakistan has been pushing for the foreign ministers’ meeting of the 57-member bloc of Muslim countries, which is the second-largest intergovernmental body after the UN, since India annexed occupied Kashmir last August
• -Pakistan’s statement

PAKISTAN’S DEMAND

• Responding to a question on the talk show, Qureshi declared Pakistan “could not wait any further” on the issue of a meeting of Islamic nations. Qureshi had previously claimed a meeting of OIC foreign ministers was needed to send a clear message from the Ummah (community of Muslims) on the Kashmir issue.

PAKISTAN’S STANCE

• Shah Mehmood Qureshi was quoted by Dawn as saying, “I am once again respectfully telling OIC that a meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers is our expectation. If you cannot convene it, then I’ll be compelled to ask Prime Minister Imran Khan to call a meeting of the Islamic countries that are ready to stand with us on the issue of Kashmir and support the oppressed Kashmiris.”

POINT TO NOTE

• In March 2019, Qureshi boycotted a meeting of OIC foreign ministers after India’s then external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj was guest of honour at the organisation’s summit in Abu Dhabi.

A NEW ISLAMIC BLOC

MALAYSIA’S CHANGED STANCE

• Since Mahatir’s exit from Malaysia’s administration, Malaysia has softene ditsstance towards India

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