ISLAMABAD, 07 November 2021, (TON): Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) said in a statement “OIC’s Special Envoy for Jammu and Kashmir, Ambassador Yousef Aldobeay will be visiting Pakistan and the Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) from November 7-12.

A high-level delegation including the OIC’s Assistant Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs Ambassador Tarig Bakhit and other senior officials will accompany the special envoy.

The envoy, according to the official communiqué, will hold discussions encompassing peace and security, human rights, humanitarian and legal aspects of the grave situation in the Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK).

It added "his visit will reinforce the centrality of a just settlement of the Jammu and Kashmir dispute to lasting peace in South Asia.”

During his visit to AJK, according to the foreign office, ambassador Aldobeay will interact with a cross-section of the Kashmiri society including the true representatives of the Kashmiri people.

It said that the delegation will visit a model village housing Kashmiris forced from their homes by the Indian occupation forces in the occupied valley and meet victims of India’s cross-LoC violations including women and children.

"These engagements will provide the special envoy a first-hand account of the gravity of the situation on the ground in the IIOJK and along the LoC."