ISLAMABAD: Federal government is not suspending mobile-phone services in Islamabad during three-day meeting of Council for Foreign Ministers of Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) on Afghanistan is being held in the capital city.
Interior Minister Sheikh Rasheed said the mobile phone service will not be suspended. He also said that the local holiday will be observed on Monday in Islamabad.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has proposed a public holiday in the federal capital on December 20 (Monday) in order to ensure a safe movement and foolproof security of the dignitaries, foreign ministers, from multiple Muslim and other countries and Sheikh Rashid announced local holiday on Monday.
On December 04, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has announced that Pakistan will host the session of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in Islamabad on December 19.
Shah Mahmood Qureshi, while addressing a press conference today, said that the 17th extraordinary session of the OIC Council of Foreign Ministers on the Afghanistan situation will be hosted by Pakistan on December 19. He detailed that the senior officers of OIC member countries will arrive in Pakistan on December 18.
The foreign minister said that a session on the Afghanistan situation is being held after 41 years. He added that a disastrous financial crisis will hit Afghanistan that would be detrimental to the whole region and the neighbouring countries if the frozen assets were not released to cope with the burgeoning needs.
