From October 15–16, 2024, Pakistan will host the twenty-third session of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) member states’ Council of the Heads of Government (CHG).
As the current chair of the CHG, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will preside over the meeting, which will take place at the Jinnah Convention Centre.
SCO: What is it?
Established by China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan on June 15, 2001, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) is a permanent intergovernmental international organization aimed at strengthening multisphere cooperation, promoting peace and security, and new economic international order.
During her most recent weekly press briefing, Foreign Office spokesman Mumtaz Zahra Baloch stated that Pakistan has been a constant member of the SCO since 2017.
