پاکستان امریکا اور ایران کے درمیان ممکنہ مذاکرات کی راہ ہموار کرنے کیلئے پس پردہ سفارتی کوششیں تیز کر رہا ہے، جبکہ فیلڈ مارشل سید عاصم منیر کے ڈونلڈ ٹرمپ سے رابطے، شہباز شریف کی تہران سے گفتگو، اور اسحاق ڈار کی علاقائی سفارت کاری نے اسلام آباد کو ایک ممکنہ مذاکراتی مرکز کے طور پر نمایاں کر دیا ہے۔
Pakistan is quietly but actively positioning itself as a possible mediator in the US-Iran crisis, with its military and political leadership engaging Washington, Tehran and Gulf capitals in an effort to prevent the conflict from widening and to bring diplomacy back to the table.
پاکستان ایران بحران میں خاموش مگر اہم سفارتی کردار ادا کر رہا ہے۔ فیلڈ مارشل سید عاصم منیر کے ڈونلڈ ٹرمپ سے رابطے، وزیر اعظم شہباز شریف کی ایرانی قیادت سے گفتگو اور وزیر خارجہ اسحاق ڈار کی علاقائی سطح پر سرگرمیوں نے اسلام آباد کو ایک ممکنہ ثالثی مرکز کے طور پر نمایاں کر دیا ہے۔ پاکستان بظاہر جنگ کے بجائے بات چیت، رابطے اور کشیدگی میں کمی کی راہ کو آگے بڑھانے کی کوشش کر رہا ہے۔
پاکستان، ترکیہ اور مصر امریکا ایران جنگ بندی کیلئے کوششیں کر رہے ہیں۔ امریکی صدر ڈونلڈ ٹرمپ نے ایران کیساتھ بات چیت کی تصدیق کرتے ہوئے ایرانی پاور پلانٹس پر حملے 5 روز تک ملتوی کرنے کا حکم دیتے ہوئے کہا کہ ایران معاہدے کیلئے بےتاب ہے۔
Joe Kent, Director of the National Counterterrorism Center, has resigned with immediate effect, stating that he cannot support the US war in Iran, arguing that Tehran posed no imminent threat, and questioning the basis on which the conflict has been pursued.
Lahore has been designated the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation's Tourism and Cultural Capital for 2026-2027, under a resolution signed at the same Bishkek summit where Pakistan assumed the SCO chairmanship, with four flagship cultural events planned in the city.
Pakistan formally assumed the chairmanship of the SCO Council of Heads of State on September 1, taking over from Kyrgyzstan at the conclusion of the Bishkek summit. It's Pakistan's first time holding the role since joining as a full member in 2017, and Islamabad will host the organisation's 2027 summit.
The defence pact signed by Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Türkiye three weeks ago will be known as the Makkah Defence Alliance, its secretariat has been established in Riyadh, and its first secretary general will be appointed from among Pakistanis, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan announced in Istanbul on Monday.
The Court of Arbitration in The Hague has issued its Award on the Status of the Indus Waters Treaty and its Decision on Interim Measures, finding that India's decision to place the treaty in abeyance is not permissible and that the accord remains fully in force, according to Pakistan's Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. Neither text has been published yet, with publication expected within about a week.
Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Türkiye convene the first session of the committee created under the Makkah Joint Defence Agreement in Istanbul on Monday, each sending their foreign minister, defence minister and military chief. It is the first institutional step since the pact was signed three weeks ago, and the agenda covers defence capabilities, interoperability and, according to Pakistani reporting, joint production.