Pakistan Frets Over Security Ahead of SCO Summit

A police vehicle move past a billboard featuring images of China's Premier Li Qiang (C), Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and President Asif Ali Zardari (R) at a closed Red Zone near the venue of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Islamabad on October 13, 2024. Pakistan authorities were on October 13 preparing to shut down the capital ahead of a Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit, overshadowed by recent militant violence and political unrest. (Photo by Aamir QURESHI / AFP)

Pakistan authorities were preparing on Sunday to shut down the capital ahead of a Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit, overshadowed by recent militant violence and political unrest.

The Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, and Chinese Premier Li Qiang will be among senior regional government officials attending the two-day conference on Tuesday and Wednesday.

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