'OIC falling for Islamabad’s false narrative on Kashmir'

A Kashmiri political activist has lambasted the visit of a delegation of Organization of the Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) this week.

Dr Amjad Ayub Mirza alleged that OIC was stoking up the Kashmir issue at the behest of Islamabad to advance the Pakistani narrative. The OIC delegation travelled a few places in PoK as per the itinerary prepared by Pakistan. They held symbolic meetings with the local leaders and parroted Islamabad’s position in the region. They went to the extent of praising Pakistan for its work while ignoring the fact that there were multiple protests being held at the same time in the region.

From students to traders to government officials to the common citizens, all have been holding anti-Pakistan government protests for weeks. Mirza, while exposing the real intent behind this funded tour, posed a number of uncomfortable questions in front of OIC asking if they had seen the true picture of PoK where the current situation is not short of a humanitarian crisis.