SHANGHAI Cooperation Organization (SCO) is an intergovernmental organization which was established in 2001 by China, Russia, Kazakhstan ,, Kyrgyzstan , Tajikistan and Uzbekistan with the aim of promoting cooperation and peace among its member states, as well as fostering a new democratic, fair and rational international political and economic order. The organization was expanded in 2017 to include India and Iran in 2023 raising the total to nine member states. It is the world’s largest regional organization geography and population wise, covering about 80 percent of the Eurasia landmass and 40 percent of the world population.

Over the years, Pakistan has been hosting a number of international conferences and gatherings of foreign heads of states and governments quite successfully, purposefully and productively. No, Pakistan is all prepared to host the SCO Summit in Islamabad on October 15 and 16,2024. Pakistan had........

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