{"id":87116,"date":"2026-09-03T16:30:49","date_gmt":"2026-09-03T16:30:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/?p=87116"},"modified":"2026-09-04T16:36:43","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T16:36:43","slug":"dar-congratulates-newly-elected-oic-secretary-general-reaffirms-pakistans-commitment-to-muslim-ummah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/2026\/09\/03\/dar-congratulates-newly-elected-oic-secretary-general-reaffirms-pakistans-commitment-to-muslim-ummah\/","title":{"rendered":"Dar congratulates newly elected OIC Secretary-General, reaffirms Pakistan\u2019s commitment to Muslim Ummah"},"content":{"rendered":"<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed praises Pakistan\u2019s leadership and role in OIC, welcomes Makkah Joint Defence Agreement for regional peace and security<\/em><\/h6>\n<p>ISLAMABAD: Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar held a telephone conversation with newly elected Secretary-General of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, congratulating him on his election by consensus and expressing confidence in his leadership of the organisation.<\/p>\n<p>The Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister underscored the special importance Pakistan attaches to the OIC, expressing confidence that the newly elected Secretary-General would make an important contribution towards advancing the interests of the Muslim Ummah and addressing issues of common concern, particularly Palestine and Jammu &amp; Kashmir.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Secretary-General Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed appreciated Pakistan\u2019s support for his candidature and acknowledged the country\u2019s important role within the OIC.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>He commended Pakistan\u2019s leadership, including the efforts of Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar, and Chief of Defence Forces Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir, in contributing to efforts that brought an end to the Iran conflict.<\/p>\n<p>The OIC Secretary-General also congratulated the Deputy Prime Minister on the signing of the Makkah Joint Defence Agreement between Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and T\u00fcrkiye, describing the agreement as significant for regional peace and security.<\/p>\n<p>During the conversation, both sides agreed to work closely to further consolidate the OIC\u2019s role in serving the Muslim Ummah and addressing challenges confronting the Islamic world.<\/p>\n<p>They also expressed their desire for continued coordination and an early meeting to strengthen cooperation and advance shared objectives through the OIC platform.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed praises Pakistan\u2019s leadership and role in OIC, welcomes Makkah Joint Defence Agreement for regional peace and security ISLAMABAD: Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar held a telephone conversation with newly elected Secretary-General of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, congratulating him on his [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":87117,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67,54],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-87116","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-diplomacy","category-middle-east"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87116","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87116"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87116\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":87118,"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87116\/revisions\/87118"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/87117"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87116"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87116"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}