{
  "id": 4993653,
  "title": "Shanghai Cooperation Organisation names Lahore as its ‘Tourism and Cultural capital’",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/shanghai-cooperation-organisation-names-lahore-as-its-tourism-and",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-02T02:28:16.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dawn",
    "slug": "dawn",
    "url": "https://www.dawn.com/news/2026806/shanghai-cooperation-organisation-names-lahore-as-its-tourism-and-cultural-capital"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) has designated Lahore as its Tourism and Cultural Capital for the 2026-27 term, as announced at the 26th meeting of the SCO Council of Heads of State in Bishkek. This decision, taken in April, aims to promote people-to-people contacts and tourism among the member states, following Pakistan's assumption of the SCO presidency with the theme 'Turning Vision into Action: Connectivity, Innovation and Shared Prosperity'. Lahore joins a rotating list of cities that have held the title since 2022, including Varanasi, India, Almaty, Kazakhstan, Qingdao, China, and Cholpon-Ata, Kyrgyzstan.",
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        "outlet": "Dawn - Pakistan",
        "title": "Shanghai Cooperation Organisation names Lahore as its ‘Tourism and Cultural capital’",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/shanghai-cooperation-organisation-names-lahore-as-its-tourism-and-4999440",
        "published": "2026-09-02T02:28:16.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}