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New state lounge planned at Islamabad airport ahead of SCO summit

Dawn7 November 2026, 00:05 UTCPakistan

RAWALPINDI: The Pakistan Airports Authority (PAA) has initiated construction of a new State Lounge at Islamabad International Airport as part of Pakistan’s preparations for the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit scheduled to be hosted in Islamabad in August 2027. Defence Minister Khawaja Mohammad Asif performed the groundbreaking for the new lounge. The ceremony was attended by Secretary Defence Mohammad Ali, PAA Director General AVM Mohammad Shahid Afzaal and senior officials from the Ministry of Defence and the PAA. In his welcome address, the PAA Director General highlighted t

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