Tight security in place for SCO summit in Pak, Imran Khan's party calls off protests-Telangana Today

The meeting will discuss ongoing cooperation in the areas of economy, trade, environment and socio-cultural ties and review the performance of the Organization.

Publication date – October 15, 2024, 11:33 a.m.

Police officers stand guard on a barricaded road leading to the presidency, in the background, and the venue of the upcoming Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Islamabad. Photo: AP

Islamabad: Pakistan's main opposition called off its protest on Tuesday as the 23rd meeting of the Council of Heads of Government (CHG) of Shanghai Cooperation Organization member states begins here amid tight security.

The two-day meeting will discuss ongoing cooperation in the areas of economy, trade, environment and socio-cultural ties and review the performance of the Organization.

Pakistan assumed the rotating chairmanship of the SCO CHG, the second highest forum of the SCO, for 2023-24 during the previous meeting, held in Bishkek in October 2023. The CHG meeting will be chaired by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif .

Chinese Prime Minister Li Qiang, Belarusian Prime Minister Roman Golovchenko, Kazakh Prime Minister Olzhas Bektenov, Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, Tajik Prime Minister Kohir Rasulzoda, Uzbek Prime Minister Abdulla Aripov, Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of Kyrgyzstan Zhaparov Akylbek, Iran's First Vice President Mohammad Reza Aref, and Indian Foreign Minister S Jaishankar are participating.

The threat of unrest was averted when Pakistan's Tehreeki-Insaf party agreed last night to cancel its protest in the capital after government assurances that a medical team would be allowed to meet its jailed leader, Imran Khan, 72 . He announced a protest to force the government to allow a meeting with Khan in prison after authorities stopped all kinds of meetings with inmates of Adiala Rawalpindi Prison, including Khan, before the SCO meeting.

However, the issue was resolved on Monday evening when the PTI accepted the government's assurance that a doctor would be allowed to see Khan on Tuesday. “After much consideration and negotiation that went back and forth…, we have decided to cancel the protest,” Khan's international spokesperson Zulfiqar Bukhari said in a WhatsApp voice message.

He also said that the PTI had also been urged by its political allies and friendly embassies to postpone the protest. However, he defended the right to demonstrate on the occasion of an international event which, according to him, is an international norm since demonstrations take place on such occasions all over the world.

Previously, the government had warned that any form of protest had to be reacted with an iron fist. Elaborate security measures were taken and around 10,000 police deployed, supported by paramilitary rangers and regular army troops.

The government announced a three-day official holiday in the capital and neighboring Rawalpindi to avoid unnecessary hassle during the conference. Section 144 was also imposed in the twin cities to prohibit any gathering.

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