It has been one year since Pakistan became a full member country of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO). A number of leading experts and analysts of international affairs in Pakistan say the full membership upgrade has had a significant impact on Pakistan’s diplomatic affairs and overall development.
Pakistan first became an observer of the SCO in 2005. At the organization’s last annual summit, which took place in the Kazakh capital Astana in June 2017, both Pakistan and India were accepted as full members.
Khalid Taimur Akram is the executive director of Islamabad-based think tank the Center for Global and Strategic Studies. He said th
