Internal Instability in Pakistan and ‘China’ focus undermine SCO Summit significance

The recently concluded Shanghai Cooperation Organization’s Council of Heads of Government (SCO-CHG) meeting in Islamabad was shrouded in controversy, mostly emanating from within Pakistan.

A wave of terror attacks in Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, along with massive protests from the opposition Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI), diverted attention from the summit. Pakistan’s capital, Islamabad, was put under a strict security lockdown for five days as Chinese Premier Li Qiang arrived...