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Pakistan hosts high stakes U.S.-Iran talks as a fragile ceasefire hangs in the balance, testing its role as unlikely mediator.
Iran's new supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei said in his latest written message the Islamic republic did not want war with the United States and Israel, but would protect its rights as a nation,
Hannah Ellis-Petersen on Pakistan's role in brokering an 11th-hour deal between Iran and the US
The streets of Islamabad have been emptied by a sudden two-day public holiday, declared to enforce a strict security lockdown in the Pakistani capital.
Despite the high-level attendance, the negotiations are expected to take place indirectly, with US and Iranian officials seated separately while Pakistani intermediaries shuttle proposals between them.
Afghanistan and Pakistan said that they won’t “take actions that would escalate or complicate the situation” while China mediates over the deadly cross-border conflict.
For almost a year after a brief armed conflict with Pakistan, India has been trying to portray its nuclear-armed neighbor as a sponsor of terrorism that shouldn’t be trusted by other governments.
Pakistan’s listed pharmaceutical sector posted its highest ever profitability in 2025, with profits surging 78 percent year on year to Rs. 42.2 billion,