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DPM Dar arrives in Tajikistan for high-level SCO moot

Dawn19 October 2026, 10:44 UTCTajikistan

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar arrived in Tajikistan’s capital Dushanbe on Monday to lead Pakistan’s delegation at a Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) meeting. Upon arrival, he was received by Tajikistan’s Minister of Energy and Water Resources Daler Juma, Pakistan’s Ambassador to Tajikistan Irfan Ahmed and Pakistan’s national coordinator for the SCO, Khalil Hashmi, along with senior Tajik government officials. Dar is visiting Dushanbe at the invitation of Tajik Prime Minister Qohir Rasulzoda to attend the SCO’s Counc

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