Pakistan to join regional diplomats in Turkey to advance Gaza peace plan

ISLAMABAD: As a fragile ceasefire holds in Gaza after two years of devastating war, Pakistan said on Tuesday that it would send its top diplomat to Turkey next week for a pivotal meeting of foreign ministers from eight Arab and Muslim-majority nations, aimed at fleshing out the next phases of a United States-backed peace plan.

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Pakistan-Afghanistan talks collapse in Istanbul, Islamabad vows ‘all possible measures’ against cross-border terror

ISLAMABAD: Negotiations between Pakistan and the Afghan Taliban aimed at curbing cross-border terrorism unravelled in Istanbul after four days of fitful discussions, with Pakistani officials declaring the latest round a failure and pledging to take “all possible measures” to shield their citizens from terror attacks.

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Trump recounts seven “brand new, beautiful planes” shot down in India-Pakistan conflict

ISLAMABAD: United States President Donald Trump on Tuesday again stated that seven aircraft were shot down during the brief military escalation between Pakistan and India in May, crediting his threat to withhold trade deals for swiftly ending the hostilities and averting what he described as a potential nuclear war.

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Pakistan rejects report of secret CIA, Mossad meetings over Gaza troop plan

ISLAMABAD: The information ministry on Tuesday denied a report claiming that Pakistan’s top military leader had held clandestine meetings with the CIA and Israel’s Mossad to deploy thousands of troops to Gaza, calling the account “completely fabricated” and a “deliberate fabrication aimed at misrepresenting Pakistan’s foreign policy.”

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Pakistan, Saudi Arabia launch new economic cooperation framework to boost trade, investment

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Saudi Arabia launched on Tuesday an Economic Cooperation Framework aimed at boosting trade and investment ties, following a meeting a day earlier between Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on the sidelines of the Future Investment Initiative (FII9) in Riyadh.

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