ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif visited Jinnah Convention Center to review arrangements for the upcoming Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Council of Heads of Government in Islamabad scheduled for October 15-16.
On the occasion, the prime minister was briefed by the Chairman Capital Development Authority (CDA) and officials of Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar, Minister for Planning and Development Ahsan Iqbal, Minister for Information and Broadcasting Attaullah Tarar and other relevant authorities also accompanied the prime minister.
The prime minister expressed his satisfaction over the preparations made for the SCO meeting.
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Earlier, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has announced another protest at Islamabad’s D-Chowk on October 15, coinciding with the start of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit.
The announcement followed a meeting of PTI’s political committee. The party’s central information secretary, Sheikh Waqas Akram, posted on X, stating that a “powerful” demonstration would take place on that day.
He also revealed that PTI protests in Punjab have been called off and demanded the release of party workers, leaders, and MPAs who were detained in the province.
The PTI also called for an end to what they described as “unlawful” raids and arrests by the federal and Punjab governments.
