Islamabad
Pakistan Army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa on Monday reached Saudi Arabia to discuss bilateral relations amidst the recent strain in ties over Riyadh’s reluctance to toe Islamabad’s line on the Kashmir issue.
Despite repeated requests from Pakistan to hold a Foreign Ministers’ meeting on Kashmir, the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has shown reluctance to convene such a conference. Diplomatic sources here said that Gen Bajwa was accompanied by Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) chief Lt Gen Faiz Hameed.
The two are expected to hold high-level meetings to iron out misgivings. Pakistan has been pushing the 57-member organisation, the second-largest inter-governmental body after the UN, for the Foreign Ministers’ meeting since India revoked J&K’s special status. — PTI
