ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi arrived in the Iranian capital on Wednesday for talks with senior Iranian officials, his second visit in less than a week, as Islamabad pressed ahead with intensive mediation to prevent the resumption of hostilities between Washington and Tehran.
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US and Iran remain on knife’s edge as Trump weighs new military action
ISLAMABAD: US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he had been within an hour of ordering a fresh round of US military strikes on Iran before calling them off, a dramatic reversal that underscored the fragile state of the three-month-old conflict and the persistent deadlock over Tehran’s nuclear program and control of the Strait of Hormuz.
Iran says it sent response to latest U.S. proposal as talks continue via Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: Iran told the United States on Monday that it had formally responded to the latest American proposal for ending the war that began Feb. 28, with diplomatic exchanges continuing through a Pakistani intermediary even as Iranian officials rejected key U.S. demands as one-sided and excessive.
Pakistan military warns India against ‘warmongering,’ says threats risk mutual nuclear catastrophe
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s military on Sunday issued a blistering response to remarks by India’s army chief, describing them as “hubristic, jingoistic and myopic” and cautioning New Delhi against any attempt to push South Asia into another war whose consequences, it said, would prove “devastating” for the entire region and beyond.
Pakistan sends interior minister to Tehran in push to revive stalled US-Iran talks
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s interior minister arrived in Tehran on Saturday for a two-day official visit aimed at restarting direct negotiations between Iran and the United States, Iranian state media reported, as a fragile ceasefire that halted more than a month of US-Israeli airstrikes on Iran shows signs of unraveling.
Pakistan repatriates 11 nationals and 20 Iranians from US-seized vessels near Singapore
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan said on Friday it had secured the safe repatriation of 11 Pakistani nationals and 20 Iranians who had been aboard vessels seized by the United States on the high seas near Singaporean waters, the latest development in a months-long naval confrontation that has disrupted global shipping and drawn in third countries as reluctant participants.
Pakistan reaffirms strong ties with UAE, welcomes Indian overtures for dialogue amid lingering tensions
ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office on Thursday sought to project steadiness across multiple diplomatic fronts, firmly denying any erosion in its longstanding relationship with the United Arab Emirates despite recent media reports of large-scale expulsions of Pakistani workers and expressing cautious optimism about nascent calls for dialogue from across the border in India.
Security forces kill 7 militants, loses 5 soldiers including a major, in Balochistan operation
By Staff Reporter ISLAMABAD: Pakistani security forces killed seven militants and recovered a cache of weapons, ammunition and explosives during a counterterrorism operation in the
Pakistan rejects CBS News report alleging it sheltered Iranian military aircraft during fragile US-Iran ceasefire
ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office on Tuesday categorically rejected a CBS News report that accused Islamabad of quietly permitting Iranian military aircraft to park at one of its air bases while positioning itself as a mediator in the US-Iran conflict, dismissing the account as “misleading and sensationalised.”
Trump says Iran ceasefire is ‘on life support’ after rejecting Tehran’s terms as ‘garbage’
ISLAMABAD: President Donald Trump said on Monday that the tenuous ceasefire with Iran is “on life support” and “unbelievably weak,” a stark assessment delivered as the two sides traded fire over the weekend and Tehran formally rejected a US proposal to end the two-month-old conflict.