The Deputy Prime Minister/Foreign Minister, Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar, led the Pakistan delegation at the open-ended Extraordinary Ministerial Session of the OIC Executive Committee to consider the illegal decisions of the Israeli occupation forces aimed at bolstering settlement and annexation, and attempting to impose Israeli sovereignty over the Occupied West Bank. Pakistan Permanent Representative to the OIC, Ambassador Fawad Sher, also accompanied the DPM/FM at the Extraordinary Session.

In his address, the Deputy Prime Minister/Foreign Minister strongly condemned the latest illegal measures by Israel to convert areas of the occupied West Bank into so-called state property. He highlighted Pakistan’s efforts, as an elected member of the UN Security Council, as a part of the Group of Eight Arab and Islamic countries and a member of the Board of Peace, in advancing the Palestinian cause.

In view of the gravity of the situation, he urged the OIC to collectively work to ensure an immediate reversal of all Israeli measures aimed at de facto annexation of the Occupied Palestinian Territory; full implementation of Security Council resolution 2803, including strict adherence to the ceasefire in Gaza; immediate commencement of reconstruction of Gaza, with full Palestinian ownership and a central role of the Palestinian Authority; and a time-bound political horizon leading to the establishment of an independent, sovereign, and contiguous State of Palestine on the basis of the 1967 borders, with Al-Quds Al-Sharif as its capital, in accordance with relevant UN resolutions.

Appreciating OIC’s principled position and consistent support for the resolution of Jammu and Kashmir dispute, the DPM/FM urged the OIC to step up its efforts for realization of the right to self-determination of the Kashmiri people.

On the sidelines of the extraordinary session, the Deputy Prime Minister/ Foreign Minister held bilateral/ pull-aside meetings with the Foreign Ministers of Bangladesh, Maldives and Palestine, the Deputy Foreign Minister of Turkiye and the State Minister for Foreign Affairs of Somalia.

Islamabad

27 February 2026