Pakistan invites PM Modi to Islamabad SCO meet, raises Kashmir issue again

Pakistan has extended an invitation to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the upcoming Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) meeting in Islamabad, the country's Foreign Office spokesperson, Mumtaz Zahra Baloch, announced on Thursday.

Pakistan is set to host the SCO heads of government meeting on October 15 and 16, with the event being preceded by a ministerial meeting, along with multiple rounds of senior officials' meetings focusing on financial, economic, socio-cultural, and humanitarian cooperation among SCO member states, Pakistani publication Dawn said, while reporting Baloch's announcement.

During a weekly press briefing, the Foreign Office spokesperson confirmed that invitations have been sent to the heads of state of all member countries to participate in the meeting.