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Pakistani PM to participate in OIC summit in Gambia

Islamabad, April 26 (UNI) Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will participate in the 15th summit of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to be held in Gambia's capital Banjul from May 4 to May 5, the Pakistani Foreign Ministry said on Friday.
The summit is to be convened at a critical time as the war on the people of Gaza continues unabated, the ministry's spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch said here at a weekly press briefing.
It would be an important occasion for the OIC leaders to deliberate upon the deteriorating situation in Gaza and project a strong, collective and unified stance on the Palestinian question, Baloch said.
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