Following are the top foreign stories at 1700 hours

     FGN28: INDOPAK-SCO-JAISHANKAR
     *EAM Jaishankar set to arrive in Pakistan on Tuesday to attend SCO meeting
     Lahore: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar is set to land in Pakistan on Tuesday to attend a conclave of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), in the first high-level visit from India in years amid continuing strain in ties between the two neighbours.
    
     FGN16: PREZ-ALGERIA-INDIAN COMMUNITY
     President Murmu interacts with Indian community in Algeria
     Algiers: The Government of India and the Indian society have always valued and appreciated the contribution of the Indian community in enhancing India’s position, prestige and standing abroad, President Droupadi Murmu said here in the Algerian capital.

     FGN26: PAK-SCO-LD CHINA
     Chinese premier arrives in Pakistan for SCO meet, will bolster cooperation on CPEC
     Islamabad: Chinese Premier Li Qiang on Monday arrived for a four-day visit during which he will attend the SCO summit and hold bilateral meetings with his Pakistani counterpart Shehbaz Sharif and discuss issues of mutual interests, including the strategic CPEC.
    
     FGN23: LANKA-ADANI-PROJECT
     Dissanayake govt reconsidering permission to Adani’s power project in Sri Lanka
     Colombo: Sri Lanka’s new government led by Anura Kumara Dissanayake on Monday told the Supreme Court that it would reconsider the approval granted by the previous government to India’s Adani Group for a wind power project.

     FGN24: BANGLA-HINDU-CLASH
     3 injured in clash between police, people of Hindu community going to immerse idols in Dhaka
     Dhaka: At least three people were injured in a clash that broke out between police and Hindu community going to immerse idols following the conclusion of Durga Puja in an Old Dhaka locality, a media report said on Monday.
         
     FGN39: PAK-IMRAN-PROTEST
     Over 200 workers of Imran Khan’s party arrested to thwart protest during SCO summit: Police
     Lahore: Pakistan’s law enforcement agencies have arrested more than 200 workers of Imran Khan’s party in the Punjab province to thwart its planned protest in Islamabad during the SCO summit, police said on Monday.
    
     FGN18: PAK-DEBT-REPAYMENT
     Pakistan's central bank says country set to repay USD 30 billion debt in FY25
     Islamabad: Pakistan's central bank has said the country is scheduled to repay a total of USD 30.35 billion in maturing foreign debt and interest payment in this financial year even as the foreign debt repayments and interest payments are rising every passing year, a media repot said on Monday.
    
     FGN14: PAK-IMF
     IMF asks Pakistan to end preferential treatment to agriculture, textile sectors
     Islamabad: The International Monetary Fund has asked Pakistan to swiftly end preferential treatment, tax exemptions and other protections for the agriculture and textile sectors, which it says, have stifled the country’s growth potential for decades, a media report said here on Monday.
    
     FGN34: LANKA-LD FLOODS
     Three dead in Sri Lanka after excessive rains, schools closed in capital area
     Colombo: Three people have lost their lives and over 1,25,000 marooned after Sri Lanka witnessed extreme weather conditions in 12 districts prompting authorities to close all schools in the capital region on Monday after heavy-rain triggered rains.
    
     FGN17: PAK-SCO
     Security measures tighten as Pakistan set to host high-profile SCO meet from Tuesday
     Islamabad, Oct 14 (PTI) Elaborate security measures are in place as Pakistan on Monday was gearing up to host the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit starting Tuesday here in Islamabad.*

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