Manipulated by Pakistan, OIC issued absurd statement on Pahalgam attack: India

Jaiswal said OIC issued its statement at Pakistan’s behest, and its position was “absurd” in refusing to recognise the facts of the Pahalgam terrorist attack

Updated on: May 6, 2025, 23:08:40 IST

By Rezaul H Laskar

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NEW DELHI: India on Tuesday rejected the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation’s (OIC) stance on linking the Pahalgam terror attack to the Kashmir issue and said it is “absurd” that the 57-member grouping was refusing to acknowledge the “cross-border linkages” of the incident.

Security personnel stand guard on the banks of Dal Lake, following a terrorist attack near south Kashmir's Pahalgam in Srinagar. (REUTERS)

The OIC had expressed deep concern at the “deteriorating security situation” in South Asia and called for restraint, while contending that the “unresolved” Kashmir issue was the “core challenge to lasting peace” in the region.

External affairs ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said the OIC had issued its statement “at the behest of Pakistan”, and its position was “absurd in refusing to recognise the facts of the Pahalgam terrorist attack and its cross-border linkages”.

He added, “This is yet another attempt by Pakistan, a country that has long engaged in cross-border terrorism, to manipulate and misguide the OIC group to issue a self-serving statement.

“We reject the OIC’s interference on matters that are internal to India.”

The OIC, in the statement issued on May 2, had expressed “deep concern over the deteriorating security situation in the South Asian region and called for restraint and the urgent resumption of dialogue between India and Pakistan”.

The grouping called for the resolution of differences between India and Pakistan “through peaceful means, in accordance with international law and the UN Charter”.

While condemning all forms of terrorism, the OIC reiterated its “support for the Jammu and Kashmir question” and called on the world community to “intensify efforts to find a peaceful resolution to the Jammu and Kashmir dispute”.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Rezaul H Laskar
Rezaul Hasan Laskar is Foreign Editor with the Hindustan Times, which he joined in 2015. He began as a journalist in his hometown of Shillong in northeast India and has worked in newspapers and wire services over the years. He moved to New Delhi in 1997 and initially focused on defence, national security, Jammu and Kashmir and the northeast, while also working of foreign policy and international relations. He has been part of the media delegation accompanying PMs on foreign visits and has reported from destinations ranging from Tibet to Ukraine. Between 2007 and 2013, he was the Press Trust of India correspondent in Pakistan, one of only two Indian journalists allowed to report from the country. He extensively covered Pakistan’s domestic politics and the life of the common people, as well as the fallout of the 2008 Mumbai attacks on India-Pakistan relations and the subsequent trial in Pakistan of the suspects involved in the attack. As part of his reportage in Pakistan, he travelled the breadth of the country, from the Swat Valley to Balochistan. Reza’s first gig in journalism was writing a weekly music column, and music – especially classic rock – remains a keen interest. He is also a movie buff and a keen photographer.Read More

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