ISLAMABAD, 09 November 2021, (TON): Prime Minister Imran Khan emphasised the urgent need for the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), human rights organisations and international media to be allowed access to Indian-occupied Kashmir (IoK), so that independent investigations could be carried out into human rights violations in the region.

According to a tweet by the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) “he expressed these views during a meeting with OIC's Special Envoy for Jammu and Kashmir Yousef Aldobeay, who is currently on a six-day visit to Pakistan and Azad Kashmir.”

Aldobeay was accompanied by OIC Assistant Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs Tarig Bakhit. Senior members of the OIC delegation were also present on the occasion.

According to the PMO “the premier underlined the importance of the "OIC’s principled position on the Kashmir dispute and the resolute support of the Islamic ummah to the just struggle of Kashmiri people for their inalienable right to self-determination."

He also highlighted the atrocities being committed by India in the occupied valley, which had "over 900,000 troops deployed in the occupied territory, making it the most militarised zone in the world", the statement said.