Pakistan deploys military to maintain security during SCO Summit

Pakistani media have reported that the government has assigned the responsibility of securing the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit to the military under Article 245 of the Constitution.

Pakistan’s Ministry of Interior announced on Friday, October 4th, that Article 245, which allows the government to call in military forces to assist civilian administration in maintaining peace, decided to deploy the army to maintain law and order during the SCO summit.

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