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Pakistan secures $500m Eurobond in high-stakes return to global markets

Pakistan has raised $500 million in a three-year Eurobond priced at 6.975 per cent, marking a notable return to international debt markets and offering a fresh sign that investor confidence in the country’s near-term economic outlook is beginning to recover.

وزیراعظم شہباز شریف نے ڈیزل کی قیمت میں 32 روپے 12 پیسے فی لیٹر کمی کی منظوری دے دی

وزیراعظم شہباز شریف نے ڈیزل کی قیمت میں 32 روپے 12 پیسے فی لیٹر کمی کی منظوری دے دی۔ ڈیزل کی نئی قیمت 353 روپے 43 پیسے فی لیٹر ہو گی جبکہ پیٹرول کی قیمت کو برقرار رکھا گیا ہے۔

Trump thanks Shehbaz Sharif and Asim Munir, hails them as “two fantastic people”

Donald Trump issued a surprise public thank-you to Pakistan while praising Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Field Marshal Asim Munir, a message likely to intensify debate over Pakistan’s growing strategic relevance.

World Bank places Pakistan in MENA, ending South Asia classification

In a little-noticed update, the World Bank has placed Pakistan in its Middle East and North Africa, or MENA, regional classification from fiscal year 2026, ending its longstanding placement in South Asia.

Polymarket bets on whether Trump will visit Pakistan by May 31

Polymarket now gives Trump roughly a one-in-three chance of visiting Pakistan by May 31, reflecting how Islamabad’s growing role in U.S.-Iran diplomacy has moved from back-channel intrigue to public speculation.

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India debates while Pakistan mediates

Senior RSS and military remarks in India have reopened the question of dialogue with Pakistan, exposing the limits of New Delhi’s hardline public posture. At the same time, Islamabad is trying to show that its relevance now extends beyond India, through crisis diplomacy involving Iran, the US, the Gulf, China and multilateral finance.

ایران نے پاکستانی ثالثی کے ذریعہ ایک نئی 14 نکاتی تجویز امریکا کے سامنے پیش کر دی۔ ایرانی نیوز ایجنسی

ایران نے امریکا کے ساتھ جنگ بندی معاہدے کیلئے پاکستانی ثالثی کے ذریعہ نئی 14 نکاتی تجویز پیش کر دی۔ جنگ بندی مذاکرات اور اعتماد سازی کیلئے امریکی اقدامات پر مرکوز ترمیمی تجویز پاکستانی ثالثی کے ذریعہ امریکیوں کے سامنے پیش کی جائے گی۔

Pakistan’s military rebukes Indian army chief over “Geography or History” threat

On the first anniversary of Marka-e-Haq, Pakistan's military has dismissed the Indian Army Chief's "geography or history" warning as the rhetoric of a state suffering "a bankruptcy of cognitive capacities", and has reminded Delhi that any attempt to target a nuclear neighbour would be neither geographically confined nor politically survivable.

US Congressman Jack Bergman hails Pakistan’s “Statesmanship” in US-Iran peace talks

Senior US Congressman Jack Bergman, Co-Chair of the Congressional Pakistan Caucus, has formally thanked Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Field Marshal Asim Munir for Pakistan's role in the ongoing US-Iran peace negotiations, describing Islamabad's contribution as "indispensable" and a demonstration of "true statesmanship" in a letter dated 15 May and sent on House of Representatives letterhead.

پاکستان کی سفارتی کامیابی، اور بیانیہ کی جنگ

اسلام آباد کی بڑھتی سفارتی حیثیت نے اسے بیانیے کی جنگ کا ہدف بنا دیا ہے۔ نیتن یاہو کے بیانات سے لِنڈسے گراہم کی تنقید تک اور بھارتی میڈیا کے منظم بیانیہ سے پاکستان کے اندر نئے دہشتگردانہ حملوں تک ایک نئی مخالفانہ لَہر اُبھرتی دکھائی دے رہی ہے۔

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