SCO Summit today in Pakistan, Islamabad in lockdown, S Jaishankar to attend

The 23rd meeting of the Council of Heads of Government (CHG) of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) will begin on Tuesday in Pakistan’s Islamabad. The two-day summit has drawn top leaders from member states and is taking place under stringent security measures. Key routes and businesses in both Islamabad and its neighbouring city, Rawalpindi, have been closed due to security concerns.
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar is set to land in Pakistan today, October 15, to attend the SCO meet. It will be for the first time in nearly nine years that an Indian foreign minister will travel to Pakistan, even as the ties between the two neighbours remain frosty over the Kashmir issue and cross-border terrorism emanating from Pakistan.