PML-N Asks Government To Boycott OIC Meeting
Mohammad Ali (@ChaudhryMAli88) Published February 26, 2019 | 02:49 PM
PML-N leader Khawaja Asif criticized the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) for inviting Indian foreign minister Sushma Swaraj as a "guest of honour" at the inaugural session of the foreign ministers' conclave in Abu Dhabi next month
ISLAMABAD (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News / NNI - 26th February, 2019) PML-N leader Khawaja Asif criticized the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) for inviting Indian foreign minister Sushma Swaraj as a "guest of honour" at the inaugural session of the foreign ministers' conclave in Abu Dhabi next month,In his speech in the National Assembly on Tuesday, he said, "Pakistan should boycott the OIC meeting.""It is an insult that our enemy is being invited as a guest of honour when Kashmiris are facing bloodshed," he stated.Former NA speaker and PML-N leader Ayaz Sadiq also called on the government to raise the issue of inviting Swaraj as "guest of honour" with OIC.
"OIC cannot invite anybody to its meetings without consultations with member countries," Sadiq said.PPP leader and former foreign minister Hina Rabbani Khar also slammed the OIC for inviting Swaraj as "guest of honour".
"We have to show the world that this nation knows how to protect itself and the politicians of this nation know how to stand together," she added.Asad Mehmood joined the chorus of politicians demanding the boycott of OIC and said, "It is wrong to invite the Indian foreign minister. Pakistan should speak to OIC and boycott the meeting." NNI
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