Int'l Congress on Islamic History, Culture and Heritage of Kashmir from April 4.

ISLAMABAD -- National History and Literary Heritage Division (NH and LH) in with the collaboration of OIC Research Center for Islamic History, Art and Culture (IRCICA) and the Government of Azad Jammu and Kashmir is organizing an International Congress on Islamic History, Culture and Heritage of Kashmir from April 4 to April 5 here in Islamabad.

IRCICA is a subsidiary organ of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) that was set up in 1980. It is an international institution active in the fields of research, publishing, documentation and information, said a press release.

The Annual program of IRCICA 2018 proposed that the Center would make studies to assess the situation of Islamic architectural heritage in Jammu and Kashmir. Subsequently, IRCICA proposed to hold an International Congress in Pakistan on this topic in collaboration with NH and LH Division and Government of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJ and K).

The main objective of this Congress is to promote the learned awareness and scholarship on the Islamic history and cultural...