ISLAMABAD: US President Donald Trump on Monday raised the stakes in delicate negotiations to end the nearly three-month war with Iran, declaring he would accept nothing short of a transformative agreement even as his own secretary of state cautioned that a breakthrough he had seemed to promise over the weekend remained elusive.
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LNG tanker exits Hormuz for Pakistan as crude supertanker finally heads to China after three-month Gulf standstill
KARACHI: A liquefied natural gas tanker slipped out of the Strait of Hormuz on Monday bound for Pakistan, while a supertanker carrying Iraqi crude for China finally cleared the Middle East Gulf on Saturday after nearly three months stuck inside, shipping data showed.
IHC halts demolition threat at One Constitution Avenue amid high-profile ownership dispute
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court on Monday barred the Capital Development Authority from evicting residents of One Constitution Avenue, a luxury residential and commercial tower in the heart of Pakistan’s capital, issuing a stay on intra-court appeals until the full case can be heard.
17 killed as speeding coach slams into broken-down bus on Pakistan’s Swat Expressway
MARDAN: At least 17 people were killed and seven others injured on Monday when a speeding passenger coach slammed into a bus parked on the shoulder of the Swat Expressway after suffering a mechanical breakdown, rescue officials said.
Dar heads to New York for Security Council talks on UN Charter and global governance reform
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.
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.