ISLAMABAD – The Senate was informed on Friday (today) that preparations are underway to host a meeting of the Council of Heads of Government of Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in October this year.
Minister for Law Azam Nazeer Tarar told the House during Question Hour that renovation of Convention Center in Islamabad is also being carried out which is likely to be the venue for the moot.
The Minister said the meeting will adopt a comprehensive Joint Communiqué, focusing on priority areas within the SCO-member states aimed at enhancing cooperation in the fields of economy, trade, investment, technology, transport and connectivity, climate change, public health, culture, poverty alleviation and youth empowerment.
Azam Nazeer Tarar said new initiatives proposed by the SCO-member countries will also be discussed during the event.
Minister for Law Azam Nazeer Tarar told the House that work on one thousand-bed Jinnah Medical Complex in Islamabad has been started to provide better healthcare facilities to the patients and reduce the burden on the existing health facilities in the capital.
He said the project will be completed in three years’ time at an estimated cost of fifteen billion rupees.
The Minister said five billion rupees have been allocated this year for the project.
