Pak Amb. reiterates Pakistan’s commitment to promoting solidarity, cooperation among Ummah

2025-01-23 02:50:25

ISLAMABAD, March 2 (APP): Ambassador of Pakistan to Egypt Sajid Bilal Wednesday while reiterating Pakistan’s commitment to promoting solidarity and cooperation among the Muslim Ummah, underscored the importance of upcoming 48th Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Council of Foreign Ministers (CFM) being hosted by Pakistan on March 22-23.

The ambassador held a press briefing at the Embassy of Pakistan in Egypt regarding the upcoming ‘OIC 48 CFM’ to be held in Islamabad on the theme of “Partnering for Unity, Justice and Development” Pakistan Embassy posted on its Twitter handle.

Ambassador Sajid Bilal hosted a Press Briefing at @PakinEgypt on the upcoming #OIC48CFM to be held in Islamabad on 22-23 March, 2022 on the theme of “Partnering for Unity, Justice and Development”.@ForeignOfficePk@PakOIC_Jeddah@FMPublicDiploPK#OICinPakistan#OIC48CFM pic.twitter.com/iGSkGJ2RRY
— Pakistan Embassy Egypt (@PakinEgypt) March 2, 2022

Bilal said that the meeting was taking place at a time when the Islamic world was confronted with a plethora of challenges, including issues of Afghanistan, Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu (IIOJK) and Kashmir and Palestine.

Ambassador Sajid Bilal underscored the importance of the 48th CFM taking place at a time when Islamic world is faced with a plethora of challenges, including the issues of Afghanistan, IIOJK, & Palestine. @ForeignOfficePk@PakOIC_Jeddah@FMPublicDiploPK#OICinPakistan#OIC48CFM pic.twitter.com/8TqEsz5mMS
— Pakistan Embassy Egypt (@PakinEgypt) March 2, 2022

According to a press release of Pakistan’s embassy in Cairo, the ambassador said Pakistan remained deeply committed to the eternal Islamic virtues of amity and brotherhood.
“Promoting solidarity and cooperation between members of the Muslim Ummah, is not only a foundational basis of our foreign policy, it is also an element of faith for us,” he added.
He said the guiding principles of this vision were laid by the Father of the Nation, Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, who described Pakistan’s policy towards the Islamic States as one of abiding ‘friendship and goodwill’.
He observed that the Islamic world was faced with a plethora of challenges. The people of Palestine and the Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir, were deprived of their inalienable right to self-determination.
“The rising tide of Islamophobia and hate speech threatens Muslim communities across many parts of the world. Millions of our Afghan brethren confront an uncertain future at the hands of hunger and disease. The deleterious impact of the Covid-19 pandemic is yet to be fully contained,” he maintained.
The proposed theme of the 48th Session, “Partnering for Unity, Justice and Development” fully encapsulated these priorities, he said, adding, “We will seek to build ‘partnerships’ across the Islamic world, and build bridges of cooperation to address the myriad of challenges confronting the Ummah.”
The ambassador said the range of issues before the 48th Session, was both broad-based and diverse. The discussions would encapsulate matters of peace and security, economic development, cultural and scientific cooperation and revitalizing the role of the OIC etc. The over 100 resolutions adopted during the Session, would articulate the OIC perspective on major contemporary issues.
The session would also provide an opportunity to take stock of, and review the decisions taken during the 17th Extraordinary Session, to alleviate the urgent humanitarian situation in Afghanistan, he opined.
During our previous chairmanship of the CFM in 2007-08, Bilal said Pakistan led negotiations on the new OIC Charter – a manifestation of its conviction that the Organization must be kept attuned to the dynamic and fast-evolving needs of the times.
In the same spirit, he said, Pakistan would continue to work with other OIC Member States, towards harnessing the ‘collective ambition’ into ‘concrete action’, and to take tangible steps to further strengthen bonds of Islamic solidarity and cooperation.
“We are confident that the 48th CFM would prove to be a landmark session in our combined efforts to chart a joint Islamic way forward. On its part, Pakistan remains committed to support all efforts aimed at promoting unity, brotherhood and prosperity amongst the Muslim world,” he added.
Over the years, ambassador Sajid Bilal said Pakistan remained true to these lofty ideals. Only two months after joining the UN (30 September 1947), Pakistan voted against the UNGA Resolution 181 (29 November 1947) on the Palestine issue, as a gross injustice to the Palestinian people.
Pakistan was also at the forefront of decolonization efforts at the UN, and was proud to have stood by the brothers and sisters in Asia and Africa in their own struggle against colonialism in the 1950s and the 1960s, he added.
“As a founding member of the OIC, we believe that the best expression of solidifying Islamic solidarity is by further strengthening the Organization as the representative voice of over 1.5 billion Muslims across the world,” a press release of the embassy quoted him as saying.
The ambassador said Pakistan had a proud history of hosting major OIC events including summits and Council of Foreign Minister (CFM) meetings.
It had hosted the 2nd OIC Summit in Lahore, in February 1974, also attended by Egyptian President Anwar Sadat. An extraordinary OIC summit was held in Islamabad in 1997, on the occasion of Pakistan’s Golden Jubilee, he added.
He said Pakistan had also hosted the OIC CFMs on four occasions – 2nd Session in December 1970, 11th Session in May 1980, 21st Session in April 1993 and the 34th Session in May 2007. The 1st and the 17th Extraordinary Sessions of the OIC CFM, were held in Islamabad, in January 1980 and December 2021, respectively.
Egypt is the most important Islamic country in the Middle East and North Africa region, the ambassador said, adding its constructive role and longstanding contributions to the OIC had been widely acknowledged and appreciated.
In light of Egypt’s strong commitment to the OIC and strong fraternal ties, Pakistan was looking forward to Egypt’s participation in the OIC CFM in Islamabad at the highest level, he added.

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