ISLAMABAD: Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar left Beijing on Tuesday for New York, where he is scheduled to take part in a United Nations Security Council open debate on preserving the core principles of the UN Charter and reinforcing the world body’s central place in international affairs.
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Xi hails ‘unbreakable’ friendship with Pakistan as Sharif arrives in Beijing for 75th-anniversary talks
ISLAMABAD: President Xi Jinping welcomed Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif to the Great Hall of the People on Monday, saying the two nations’ “unbreakable” friendship is constant in an uncertain world and pledging to build an even closer “China-Pakistan community with a shared future.”
Pakistan plans dedicated security force to protect key water projects and Chinese workers
ISLAMABAD: The government has moved to create a standalone paramilitary force to safeguard the nation’s most critical water and power infrastructure, including massive dams and hydropower plants that employ thousands of Chinese engineers and technicians, officials said Monday.
Trump pulls back on Iran deal timeline, tells negotiators: don’t rush
ISLAMABAD: With his secretary of state dangling the prospect of a historic breakthrough from halfway around the world, President Donald Trump on Sunday appeared to deliberately cool expectations of an imminent agreement with Iran, instructing his negotiators not to rush and insisting that the weight of the moment — and the pressure of America’s naval blockade — was working in Washington’s favor.
Pakistan poised to host next round of US-Iran talks as Trump signals breakthrough near
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Sunday that Pakistan hopes to host the next round of direct negotiations between the United States and Iran “very soon,” positioning Islamabad as a central broker in a high-stakes diplomatic push to lock in a fragile ceasefire and ease months of regional conflict.
Pakistan and 13 other nations condemn Somaliland embassy in Jerusalem as violation of international law
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan joined Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey, Indonesia, Djibouti, Somalia, Palestine, Oman, Sudan, and Yemen on Sunday in a sharply worded joint condemnation of Somaliland’s opening of a “purported embassy” in occupied Jerusalem.
PM Sharif urges Chinese firms to invest in agriculture, tech, and mining as economic ties deepen
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif of Pakistan on Sunday pressed Chinese companies to pour money and expertise into his country’s farms, factories, and mineral riches, framing the push as a practical next step in the two nations’ long alliance and the second phase of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor.
At least 14 killed in Quetta train blast as Baloch militants claim responsibility
QUETTA: At least 14 people were killed and several others injured on Sunday morning when a powerful blast tore through a shuttle train in this southwestern Pakistani city, authorities said, in an attack that officials immediately attributed to militants and that the Balochistan Liberation Army later claimed responsibility for.
Trump says US-Iran peace deal largely negotiated; Pakistan to host next round of talks
ISLAMABAD: President Donald Trump said on Saturday that a memorandum of understanding aimed at ending the three-month-old war with Iran has been “largely negotiated,” with final details expected to be announced within days and the critical Strait of Hormuz reopened as part of the agreement.
Aid worker Saad Edhi returns to Karachi after Israeli detention on Gaza flotilla
KARACHI: Saad Edhi, a Pakistani humanitarian worker and grandson of the late philanthropist Abdul Sattar Edhi, arrived home Saturday at Jinnah International Airport after Israeli forces detained him during the interception of the Global Sumud Flotilla in international waters earlier this week.