ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif voiced optimism on Sunday that a meeting between US President Donald Trump and Muslim leaders in Washington this week could yield ‘encouraging’ results in efforts to halt Israel’s invasion of Gaza, as he described Pakistan’s involvement in the push to end the conflict and the oppression faced by Palestinians.
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PM Sharif calls for Gaza ceasefire, offers dialogue with India at UN Assembly
ISLAMABAD: In a forceful address to the United Nations General Assembly on Friday, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif condemned Israel’s actions in Gaza as “genocidal” and urged an immediate ceasefire, while extending an olive branch to arch-rival India for dialogue to secure lasting peace in South Asia.
UPDATED: Trump meets Sharif, Munir in Oval Office as US-Pakistan ties deepen
By Staff Reporter ISLAMABAD: President Donald Trump met with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Chief of Army Staff Field Marshal Asim Munir in the Oval
Trump meets Sharif, Munir in Oval Office as US-Pakistan ties deepen
ISLAMABAD: President Donald Trump met with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Chief of Army Staff Field Marshal Asim Munir in the Oval Office on Friday morning, marking the first formal bilateral engagement between the leaders and signalling a gradual warming in US-Pakistan relations during Trump’s second term.
Trump expected to host PM Sharif at White House
ISLAMABAD: President Donald Trump is expected to host Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif at the White House today, according to administration officials, a meeting that comes weeks after the two countries sealed a trade deal and amid a broader thaw in US-Pakistan relations.
Security forces kill 13 militants in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa anti-terror raid
PESHAWAR: The security forces killed 13 terrorists on Wednesday in a precision intelligence-based operation (IBO) in the Daraban area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Dera Ismail Khan district, the military said, accusing the group of acting as Indian proxies in a campaign to destabilise the region.
Trump pitches Gaza ceasefire plan to Muslim leaders, rejects Palestinian statehood at UN
ISLAMABAD: President Donald Trump met with Muslim leaders from the Middle East and beyond on Tuesday to unveil a plan to end Israel’s war in Gaza, hours after a combative UN General Assembly speech in which he rejected growing global support for Palestinian statehood as rewarding “horrible atrocities” by Hamas.
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Dozens killed in northwest Pakistan blast as accounts diverge over cause
PESHAWAR: Conflicting accounts emerged on Monday about a deadly explosion in Pakistan’s restive northwest that killed at least two dozen people, with police blaming a blast at a militant compound and local lawmakers suggesting an aerial strike that struck civilian homes.
PM Sharif set for first encounter with Trump since his White House return
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif is set to join a select group of Muslim leaders in a meeting with President Trump next week on the margins of the United Nations General Assembly, in what could be the first direct encounter between the two since Trump returned to the White House in January, Pakistan’s Foreign Office said Sunday.
Pakistan says other countries express interest in defence pacts after landmark deal with Saudi Arabia
ISLAMABAD: Several countries have expressed interest in pursuing strategic defense agreements with Pakistan in the wake of its new mutual defense pact with Saudi Arabia, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar said Friday.