Pakistan authorities were on Sunday preparing to shut down the capital ahead of a Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit, overshadowed by recent militant violence and political unrest.

The Pakistan Punjab government has imposed Section 144 in Rawalpindi till October 17 to maintain the law and order situation during the upcoming Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit, Geo TV reported.

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External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will travel to Pakistan to attend a conclave of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in mid-October.

Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar will visit Pakistan to participate in the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit this month, the Indian foreign ministry spokesman said on Friday.

Indian Foreign Minister S Jaishankar will attend the SCO heads of government meeting in Islamabad on October 15-16 but will not discuss bilateral ties with Pakistan. Jaishankar underscored Pakistan's continued support for terrorism as a barrier to SAARC summits and emphasized regional integration efforts with neighboring countries like Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.

India's foreign minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar will visit Pakistan for the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit on Oct. 15-16. He clarified that the visit will focus on the summit and not on India-Pakistan bilateral relations.

India announced on Friday that Jaishankar will represent the country at the SCO meeting in Islamabad during October 15-16, making him the first foreign minister to travel to Pakistan since 2015

External affairs minister S Jaishankar has ruled out any discussions on India-Pakistan relations at the SCO summit in Islamabad. Speaking at the Sardar Patel Memorial Lecture in New Delhi, Jaishankar said that he was a civil person and will behave accordingly there.