Overview
- Addressing the 24th Council of Heads of Government in Moscow, Ishaq Dar called for operationalising the SCO Interbank Consortium and advancing an SCO Development Bank.
- He framed deeper economic integration as the organisation’s next phase, focusing on trade, connectivity, investment partnerships and the digital economy.
- Dar proposed expanding the SCO University Network into an applied consortium to drive student exchanges and joint research in areas such as IT, AI, agriculture, water management and telemedicine.
- He urged stronger humanitarian and disaster preparedness cooperation, offering Pakistan-led simulation exercises, and pressed to involve observer and partner states in project-based work.
- Pakistan remains slated to host the next SCO summit, while a joint communique and related documents adopted at the Moscow meeting were cited by Dar as guidance for collective efforts.