Pakistan's Chief Justice to skip SCO meeting hosted by India due to 'unavoidable commitments'

Pakistan announced that it will skip the meeting of Chief Justices of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO). The meeting was to be held in New Delhi from March 10-12, 2023. In a statement, Mumtaz Zahra Baloch, spokesperson of the foreign office of Pakistan said, 'Due to his unavoidable commitments on the scheduled meeting dates, the Honourable Chief Justice of Pakistan will not be able to participate in the SCO meeting of the Chief Justices of the Supreme Courts scheduled from 10-12 March 2023.' Pakistan is the only country now that will be skipping the SCO Chief Justice meet hosted by India.