By Shazia Anwer Cheema Whosoever has political sense with a broader global view can understand that PTI since long served the agenda of the Global North while SCO, BRICS, and CPEC are initiatives of the Global South. This might be a reason PTI was an adversary of CPEC when it was in power from 2018 to 2022 and halted this flagship project of the Chinese Dream. One can cite over a dozen instances where PTI worked not only against China but also against other important countries of the Global South like Saudi Arabia, and Russia, and also slowed down Pakistan’s relations with Central Asia and with Türkiye. PTI’s founding chairman Imran Khan did not attend a joint session of Parliament that Turkish President Erdogan addressed. PTI’s Punjab government terminated the project with a Turkish firm and even arrested officers of this solid waste management project. Over 70 percent of members of the cabinet of Imran Khan had dual nationalities of Global North including his Advisor for National Security. However, this grave…

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will lead the Indian delegation at the SCO Summit in Pakistan, where he is likely to raise India's concerns over cross-border terrorism. His visit is the first by an Indian EAM since 2015 amid heightened tensions between the two neighbours.

Foreign delegations, including a 76-member Russian team and a four-member Indian group, arrived in Pakistan for the SCO Summit amid tightened security.

Pakistan’s Deputy PM and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar Sunday said Islamabad has not received any request for bilateral talks with India on the sidelines of the SCO Summit that begins Tuesday. But a pull aside ‘not ruled out’.

Pakistan authorities on Sunday began preparations to shut down the capital for the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit, amid recent militant violence and political unrest, including a deadly attack on a convoy of Chinese engineers in Karachi. began preparations to shut down the capital for the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit, amid recent militant violence and political unrest, including a deadly attack on a convoy of Chinese engineers in Karachi.