MUSHARRAF LEADS PAKISTAN AT DOHA ISLAMIC SUMMIT

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) SA.BS KUNA 101633 Nov 00NNNN