In June 2018 Pakistan as well as India will participate for the first time in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in China to be held at Qingdao city on June 9-10 as a full scale member of this powerful organization. Obviously this provides a brilliant opportunity to show willingness and readiness to contribute to the effectiveness of the SCO. Pakistan's inclusion into the organization has opened a timely opportunity to bid for regional peace and economic prosperity for its nation. There are multiple arrangements which help Pakistan to come in the streamline as well as allow the Muslim state to support ongoing priority interests of the organizations. Due to our membership many changes are expected in the domestic legislation and international commitments generating out of organizational common interest. Moreover, it will have great impact (but positive) on our traditional behavior towards regional and international politics particularly on the fronts of foreign policy. Among lots of opportunities that Pakistan's inclusion into SCO brings, there are few challenges for the country as well. For example, inclusion of Pakistan in the SCO is not an isolated decision; India was also given the full membership to join the organization as permanent member. Traditionally, both Pakistan and India have zero tolerance for each other when it comes to their national security dynamics. Other than United Nations，and SAARC, this will be the third organization where both countries will be sitting together，though UN is quite a different one. Like SAARC, if both the countries maintain the same sta-tus-quo of bashing each other, the very purpose of SCO will be lost. Pakistan should not allow to label itself as a negative factor in the SCO. Believing on the great potential of Pakistan and SCO, this paper contests the argument of 'economics defines polities'. Therefore, this research paper has shed light on Pakistan's previous inability to benefit from regional organizations while suggesting a way forward for her engagement with the SCO.
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