Ultimately, the road to normalising relations between the two is fraught with historical grievances, territorial disputes, and security challenges. The SCO meeting could be a small but significant ste

For the Modi government, there is neither any incentive nor any interlocutor on the other side to merit a change in its approach.

While a whole host of international leaders descended on the federal capital for the SCO summit, it was invariably Jaishankar who remained the 'centre of attention' in Pakistani media. Also, it was the first time that both countries avoided blaming each other at the summit.