THE Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), historically speaking, is the second-largest intergovernmental organization in the world after the United Nations (UN). With as many as 57 member states across four continents, it serves as the collective political and diplomatic voice of the Muslim world for peace and harmony. The OIC, as such, aims to enhance solidarity and cooperation among the member states in political, economic, social, cultural, scientific and humanitarian fields. As a founding member of the OIC, Pakistan greatly values its role and contribution as an institutional expression of Pan-Islamic sentiment and remains committed to the values and objectives of the organization, as promoting relations with the Muslim countries is its constitutional obligation and a key pillar of its foreign policy.

On its part, the OIC has consistently and unequivocally supported, and continues to support, the Kashmir cause through a series of pronouncements, including the communiqués issued by the Islamic Summits and the resolutions adopted by various sessions of the Council of Foreign Ministers. Pakistan is all set to open a new chapter of its continued cooperation and participation in OIC activities as it hosts the 9th OIC Ministerial Conference on Women, being held at the Convention Centre, Islamabad, on July 12 and 13, 2026, for which all possible arrangements have been made by the Federal Ministry of Human Rights in........

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