Iran’s foreign minister arrived in Islamabad on Friday and US envoys headed to the Pakistani capital in a bid to kickstart a new round of peace negotiations amid a fragile ceasefire. US hopes for progress, but Iran says not direct talks The White House said emissaries Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner would engage in an…
Islamabad, Despite no official announcement about a second round of talks between the US and Iran, Pakistani authorities have begun taking stringent security measures for the safety of foreign delegates. Ahead of US-Iran talks, Pak authorities take stringent security measures The US and Iran held rare direct talks in Pakistan on April 11 and 12…
Despite no official announcement about a second round of talks between the US and Iran, Pakistani authorities have begun taking stringent security measures for the safety of foreign delegates. A police personnel walks past posters highlighting Pakistan’s mediation of Iran-US peace talks, at the Red Zone area in Islamabad on April 18, 2026. No date…
Islamabad, Pakistan’s efforts to resolve the conflict between the US and Iran have been going on with a “realistic and positively optimistic” approach, official sources said on Saturday, while emphasising “a deal is only done when it’s done”. A deal is only done when it’s done: Pak official sources on Iran-US talks As Prime Minister…
An oil tanker sailing under the flag of Hong Kong has passed through the Strait of Hormuz and entered the Gulf of Oman, as a US blockade continues to target vessels entering or leaving Iranian ports, according to a maritime data firm. The tanker, AVA 6, departed from a port in the United Arab Emirates…
United States President Donald Trump on Friday dropped a cryptic post on his Truth Social platform hours ahead of his deputy’s meeting with Iranian delegation in Pakistan. FILE – President Donald Trump pretends to aim a sniper gun while speaking with reporters in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House. (AP Photo/Julia…
Pakistan’s defence minister Khawaja Asif, in what was one of his biggest admissions, has accused the United States of using Islamabad for its strategic interests and then treating it as “worse than toilet paper.” Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif said Pakistan paid a heavy price for rebuilding ties with the United States after 1999….
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ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan opened a probe Wednesday into the suicide bombing outside an Islamabad district court that left 12 dead the day before, underscoring the challenges facing the government as it struggles with militant attacks, border tensions and a fragile ceasefire with Afghanistan. The attack at the court, located on the edge of the…
State-run Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) on Saturday resumed its flight operations to the UK after a five-year suspension following a ban imposed over a fake pilot licence scandal. The “first flight from Islamabad to Manchester since July 2020 departed with 284 passengers” on board in the presence of Defence Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif, the PIA…