ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: President Azad Jammu and Kashmir Sardar Masood Khan on Tuesday met the Saudi ambassador to Pakistan Nawaf Saeed Ahmad Al Maliki in Islamabad.
The President during the meeting briefed the Saudi ambassador on the latest on the apprehensive human right situation in Indian Occupied Kashmir.
President Masood Khan thanked the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for its principled stance on the Kashmir issue.
Masood Khan said that Saudi Arabia being a key member of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation’s (OIC) Contact Group on Kashmir has always supported the unarmed freedom struggle in Indian Occupied Kashmir.
Furthermore, the AJK president thanked the government of Saudi Arabia for its committed and resolute support to the right to self-determination of the people of Kashmir on all forums including the OIC’s ministerial and summit meetings.
The president Azad Kashmir also discussed matters related to the construction of the King Abdullah Campus of the University of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Muzaffarabad.
Masood Khan said that work on the campus is well underway towards completion, adding that already 70 percent progress has been made.
The AJK president said that construction of the campus is funded by the Saudi Fund for Development (SFD) and work on the project will be completed by March 2019.
