DushanbeIndia’s defence minister Rajnath Singh condemned terror financing, seated opposite Pakistan’s Ishaq Dar.
India accuses Pakistan of harbouring terrorists, and both belong to the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation.
The council is the bloc’s second-highest body, and Singh also pushed the Chabahar port and North-South transport corridor.
Pakistan hosts the 2027 heads-of-state summit as chair, and Dar meets counterparts on the sidelines.
How each outlet framed it
drawn from 200+ reports worldwide · These outlets told this story very differently.
- Hindustan Times
- quotes Singh's 'no double standards' line directly, with Pakistan's Dar seated across from him in the room
- Dawn
- places the meeting in Pakistan's SCO chairmanship track, noting the 2027 summit and Dar's Sept 30 coordinator review
- News18
- pivots Singh's remarks to INSTC and Chabahar Port as Central Asia connectivity, with terrorism as a secondary theme
Sources: Hindustan Times, Dawn, News18