Pak takes SCO chair, PM Modi slams use of terror as strategic asset

Modi said countries that use terrorism as an instrument of state policy must be sent a strong messageFraming security as a non-negotiable prerequisite for regional progress, PM Narendra Modi delivered a thinly veiled warning to Pakistan over state-sponsored terrorism at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit. With Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif in attendance, Modi said countries that use terrorism as an instrument of state policy, and provide shelter and support to terrorists, must be sent a strong message that terrorism can never be a strategic asset for anyone.The remarks are significant also because of the timing. Pakistan assumed rotating chairmanship of SCO from Kyrgyzstan on Tuesday and will host the heads-of-state summit next year, for which it will invite Modi, along with o