Naqvi reaffirms Pakistan’s commitment to SCO cooperation on security

ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi on Friday said Pakistan remains committed to the Shanghai spirit and urged Shanghai Cooperation Organisation member states to adopt a joint strategy against terrorism, organised crime, drug trafficking, cybercrime, and terror financing.

He was speaking at a special meeting of the ministers of interior and public security of the SCO in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. Naqvi said the region was facing serious and complex security threats that were interconnected.

He told delegates that criminal and terrorist networks were quickly adjusting to technological change and were using artificial intelligence, digital platforms, online networks, and cryptocurrency transactions to widen their operations. He stressed the need to modernise institutional coordination and improve intelligence-sharing mechanisms across the region to respond to these threats.

Naqvi said shared threats required shared solutions and called for stronger cooperation among SCO member states. He reaffirmed Pakistan’s commitment to the forum’s cooperative framework and its principles under the Shanghai spirit.