OIC to convene meeting on IOK lockdown, anti-Muslim law in India.

ISLAMABAD -- In a major diplomatic triumph for Pakistan, the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has decided to convene a meeting on the grim human rights situation in occupied Jammu and Kashmir and enactment of an anti-Muslim law in India, media learnt on Saturday.

According to the sources, the ministerial level OIC meeting is expected to be held in Islamabad in April 2020.

The development comes after Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud's maiden visit to the country earlier this month during which he extended Riyadh's 'steadfast support to Pakistan's core national interests' including the OIC's greater role in the Kashmir dispute.

The visit of top Saudi diplomat had come against the backdrop of the recently concluded Kuala Lumpur Summit, which Pakistan skipped after Riyadh expressed it concerns and viewed it as an effort by Turkey, Malaysia, Iran and Qatar to create a new Islamic bloc.

Islamabad defended its decision to pull out of the summit saying that it wanted to maintain 'neutrality' and play the role of a bridge in the Muslim world.

Sources claimed that the official communique of the meeting will specifically mention the human rights...