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With a muted video of Indian External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar’s address at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) going viral, netizens, especially Indians, have taken to social media, calling out Pakistan for “muting” the Indian representative’s speech.

A social media user on X (formerly Twitter) named A Waheed Murad wrote, “State TV in Pakistan muted the address of the Indian Foreign Minister at the SCO summit in Islamabad.”

While Murad wasn’t the only one to highlight the muted video, Journalist Iftikhar Firdous also took to X to explain that all in-camera sessions were bound to be muted on PTV and the same goes for SCO.

“It’s an in-camera session. I haven’t heard any of the speeches on TV, even the Pakistani premier is live and it’s muted. I also inquired why I couldn’t hear them”, he wrote on X (formerly Twitter)

Meanwhile, Information Ministry also stated that according to standard operating procedure (SOPs), except for the SCO initial ceremony, all addresses were bound to mute.

Islamabad and New Delhi, in their national statements, have avoided taking indirect jabs at each other through the SCO platform.

“While the international community must extend the needed assistance to help Afghan Interim Government in staving off the humanitarian crisis and preventing an economic meltdown, it must also demand from the Afghan Interim Government to take concrete measures to promote political inclusivity, as well as to ensure that its soil is not used for terrorism against its neighbours, by any entity,” maintained PM Shehbaz Sharif during his address at SCO.

“Projects such as the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) and International North-South Corridor (INSC) can be expanded to improve connectivity, focusing on roads, railways, and digital infrastructure,” he said.

Indian External Affairs Minister Jaishankar, while addressing the SCO summit, congratulated Pakistan for hosting such a high political union of countries. “We must respect each other’s territorial integrity and sovereignty, and this cooperation should be based on genuine partnership, not unilateral agendas,” he asserted.

According to Pakistan’s Foreign Minister M. Ishaq Dar, the last time Pakistan hosted a diplomatic event of this magnitude was 27 years ago, marking what he called the country’s “return to the international stage.”

In 1997, Pakistan held the first Extraordinary Summit of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation to celebrate its 50th year of independence.

The SCO bloc claims to represent 40% of the world’s population and about 30% of its GDP.

Previously, Chinese Premier Li Qiang on Monday arrived in Pakistan to attend the SCO meeting, as well as for a four-day bilateral visit. His visit is the first by a Chinese head of government to Pakistan in 11 years, Pakistan’s Prime Minister’s Office said.

Omar Abdullah took the oath of office as the Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir in Srinagar on October 16, 2024. Five ministers, two from Kashmir and three from the Jammu region, also took the oath of office. Omar Abdullah was declared the 1st Chief Minister in Jammu & Kashmir within 6 years after the Central rule was imposed. He was sworn in over the head of his rival, Mehbooba Mufti, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) head until 2018. This girl was Jammu’s last chief minister.

The ceremony of taking the oath of office was organized at the Sheri-Kashmir International Conference Centre in Srinagar. It was witnessed by Indian leaders and politicians, such as the opposition leader Rahul Gandhi and Congress’s Priyanka Gandhi. This is the first elected government in the region that includes Indian-occupied Jammu and Kashmir since Article 370 was repealed.

This marks Abdullah’s second term as the region’s Chief Minister after 2009. He holds the record of becoming the region’s first chief minister after the end of its special status. Abdullah’s father, Farooq Abdullah, was the IIOJK CM while in office three times. Contrary to that, Abdullah’s grandfather, Shaikh Mohammad Abdullah, held the post of the Minister in charge of the IIOJK Government as the first one. He also had the position of Chief Minister of the region.

Nidhi Razdan in Front Row at Omar Abdullah Swearing-In Ceremony

This is not the first time the former NDTV journalist is supposed to share romantic relations with Omar Abdullah. Their relationship has fascinated the public for several years, with pictures of them together appearing on social sites for a long time.

Senior journalist Nidhi Razdan was repeatedly hounded for having an affair with National Conference leader Omar Abdullah. This time, an image of Nidhi Razdan was posted on the internet at the Sher-i-Kashmir International Conference Centre in Srinagar on Wednesday at Chief Minister Omar Abdullah’s sworn-in program.

Omar Abdullah vs Payal Abdullah: Plea For Divorce

The Supreme Court allowed the former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, Omar Abdullah, and his divorced wife, Payal Abdullah, to enter into mediation. A bench comprising Justices Sudhanshu Dhulia and Ahsanuddin Amanullah listed the matter for consideration after ten weeks when the mediator’s report will be available.