ISLAMABAD: Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi arrived in Pakistan’s capital on Friday with a small delegation and was received by senior Pakistani leaders, including Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar and Chief of Army Staff Field Marshal Asim Munir.
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Pakistan accuses India of reviving ‘false narrative’ over 2025 Kashmir attack on its anniversary
ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office on Thursday denounced what it called a renewed Indian campaign of “baseless allegations and propaganda” tying Islamabad to the terrorist attack that killed 26 people in the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir exactly one year earlier, describing the accusations as an attempt to distract from New Delhi’s own policies in the long-contested territory.
Pakistan accuses India of staging Kashmir tourist massacre on anniversary of attack that nearly sparked war
ISLAMABAD: Information minister Ataullah Tarar accused India on Wednesday of still failing to produce any credible evidence linking Islamabad to last year’s deadliest attack in the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir, repeating Pakistan’s charge that the assault was a “false flag” operation orchestrated by New Delhi to justify military escalation against its neighbour.
Pakistan condemns Israeli settlers’ storming of Al-Aqsa Mosque and raising of flag as ‘reprehensible’
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Tuesday denounced in the strongest terms the storming of the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem by Israeli settlers and the raising of Israel’s flag in its courtyard, describing the actions as “reprehensible” and a serious threat to regional stability.
Security forces kill wanted militant and suicide bomber in northwest raid, avenging officer’s death
ISLAMABAD: Security forces killed two militants, including a ringleader long sought for his role in a February suicide bombing that killed an army lieutenant colonel, in an intelligence-based operation in the northwestern district of Bannu, the military said on Monday.
Islamabad locks down Red Zone, suspends transit as US and Iran prepare for possible second round of peace talks
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s capital sealed its most sensitive districts and suspended public transportation across the twin cities of Islamabad and Rawalpindi on Sunday as authorities braced for the possible arrival of senior American and Iranian delegations for a second round of direct peace negotiations aimed at ending a seven-week Middle East conflict.
Field Marshal Munir ends Iran trip and Prime Minister Sharif returns from three-nation tour as Islamabad races to salvage US-Iran ceasefire
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s most powerful military officer wrapped up a three-day visit to Iran on Saturday while Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif returned from a whirlwind tour of Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Türkiye, in a coordinated diplomatic offensive aimed at transforming a precarious two-week-old ceasefire between Tehran and Washington into a lasting regional settlement.
Sharif and Erdogan urge swift action to lock in fragile Mideast ceasefire as Islamabad’s mediation push intensifies
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday stressed the need to “effectively utilise the current window of opportunity” to forge a durable peace in the Middle East, capping a day of high-level diplomacy here as Pakistan presses to convert a two-week-old ceasefire between the United States, Israel and Iran into a lasting agreement.
PM Sharif reaches Turkey as Pakistan presses to broker lasting US-Iran truce
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif of Pakistan arrived in the Turkish resort city of Antalya on Thursday, the third stop on a three-nation tour through the Middle East that has underscored Islamabad’s deepening role as a diplomatic bridge in a region still reeling from weeks of war between the United States, Israel and Iran.
Sharif embarks on four-day tour of Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Türkiye to advance US-Iran peace talks
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif left Islamabad on Wednesday for a four-day diplomatic tour of Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Türkiye, stepping up Islamabad’s role as a mediator in the fragile US-Iran peace process as momentum builds for a second round of negotiations.