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MUSHARRAF LEADS PAKISTAN AT DOHA ISLAMIC SUMMIT
ISLAMABAD, NOVEMBER 10 (KUNA) -- CHIEF EXECUTIVE GENERAL PERVEZ MUSHARRAF
WILL LEAD PAKISTAN'S DELEGATION TO THE NINTH ISLAMIC SUMMIT BEING HELD IN
DOHA, QATAR, FROM NOVEMBER 12-14, A FOREIGN OFFICE OFFICIAL TOLD NEWSMEN
FRIDAY.
HE SAID THAT IN VIEW OF THE CURRENT GRAVE SITUATION IN THE OCCUPIED ARAB
TERRITORIES, THE ISSUE OF PALESTINE WAS EXPECTED TO OCCUPY CENTER-STAGE AT THE
SUMMIT.
THE FOREIGN OFFICE OFFICIAL SAID THAT THE NINTH ISLAMIC SUMMIT WILL ALSO
FOCUS ON THE KASHMIR ISSUE AND IS EXPECTED TO CONSIDER TWO SEPARATE DRAFT
RESOLUTIONS ON "THE JAMMU AND KASHMIR DISPUTE" AND "THE ESCALATION OF TENSIONS
IN JAMMU AND KASHMIR."
THE AGENDA OF THE DOHA SUMMIT OF THE ORGANIZATION OF ISLAMIC CONFERENCE
(OIC) INCLUDES WIDE-RANGING POLITICAL, ECONOMIC, LEGAL AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS,
HE SAID. (END)
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