Fact Check: Shehbaz Sharif’s SCO ‘Centerstage’ Claim vs Reality; Cropped Photo Tells One Story, Full Frame Another

New Delhi: Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s attempt to project himself as a central figure at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit in Bishkek has come under scrutiny after his office shared a cropped version of the leaders’ group photograph-removing Prime Minister Narendra Modi and several other leaders from the frame. The photograph posted by the Pakistan Prime Minister’s Office gave the impression that Sharif occupied a prominent, almost central position among the leaders at the summit. However, the original photograph tells a markedly different story. The full SCO family photograph shows Sharif standing towards the right side of the…