ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will travel to Iran and Turkey from July 3 to 6 in a renewed push to shore up a fragile truce between Washington and Tehran, officials said on Tuesday.
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Iran, US agree halt to attacks, Doha talks set for Tuesday amid Hormuz standoff
ISLAMABAD: Iran and the United States have agreed to halt military strikes against each other and will meet in Qatar on Tuesday for direct negotiations over control of the Strait of Hormuz, US media reported on Sunday, offering a fragile opening after one of the most dangerous weekends of a conflict that has shaken global energy markets and rattled shipping throughout the Gulf.
US-Iran strikes shake Hormuz ceasefire; Pakistan urges lasting peace as oil tanker attacked
ISLAMABAD: The United States and Iran exchanged military strikes for the second time in days on Saturday after a cargo vessel was attacked in the Strait of Hormuz, casting doubt over a fragile ceasefire that diplomats spent months negotiating as Pakistan pressed its role as regional peacemaker.
Millions mark Ashura peacefully across Pakistan under tight security
KARACHI/ISLAMABAD: Millions of Shia Muslims marked Ashura across Pakistan on Friday under one of the country’s most extensive security operations in recent memory, with authorities deploying more than 200,000 military, paramilitary and police personnel as processions in major cities concluded without incident.
Pakistan says its quiet diplomacy in US-Iran conflict has elevated its global standing
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s foreign minister said on Thursday that Islamabad’s role in brokering a ceasefire between the United States and Iran had fundamentally transformed its international standing, describing the country as a newly recognised “middle power and net security provider” with ambitions to become an economic force.
Pakistan, Qatar vow to sustain US-Iran peace momentum as Hormuz diplomacy fans out across Gulf
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani spoke by telephone on Wednesday and expressed satisfaction on the opening round of US-Iran technical negotiations, pledging to sustain diplomatic momentum as the two co-mediating nations prepared to rejoin talks in Switzerland that are expected to resume early next week.
Iran’s Pezeshkian calls for Muslim ‘united front,’ new regional security structure in Islamabad
ISLAMABAD: Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian called on Tuesday for Muslim nations to forge a “united front” against common enemies and offered Iran’s “hand of friendship” to build a new regional security architecture, using a high-profile state visit to Islamabad to signal a diplomatic pivot following last month’s devastating US-Iran conflict.
Vance hails “good foundation” as US-Iran talks survive Trump disruptions in Switzerland
ISLAMABAD: The United States and Iran agreed on Monday on a 60-day roadmap toward a permanent peace settlement after marathon overnight negotiations at a Swiss mountain resort, with Vice President JD Vance hailing a “good foundation” even as inflammatory statements from President Donald Trump thousands of miles away briefly caused Iran’s delegation to refuse to re-enter the negotiating room.
US and Iran keep fragile diplomacy alive with 60-day roadmap toward final deal
ISLAMABAD: The United States and Iran agreed on Monday on a 60-day roadmap toward a final deal, concluding an overnight session of high-level talks in Switzerland that survived an Iranian walkout, duelling public threats from Washington and Tehran, and a deepening crisis in Lebanon that placed the entire diplomatic effort under immediate strain.
US-Iran negotiations begin in Switzerland amid fresh fighting in Lebanon
ISLAMABAD: Senior American and Iranian officials have opened direct negotiations in Switzerland to implement a fragile ceasefire agreement, with US Vice President JD Vance warning that both sides faced a choice between peace and “going back to doing things the old way” as escalating violence in Lebanon threatened to undermine the talks almost before they had begun.