From calls with Tehran and Gulf capitals to ceasefire diplomacy and marathon talks in Islamabad, Pakistan has inserted itself into the most delicate phase of the U.S.-Iran crisis and emerged as an unlikely broker of dialogue.
دنیا پر جنگل کا قانون مسلط نہیں ہونا چاہیے۔ زبردستی نظام کی تبدیلی کی کوششوں کو عوامی حمایت حاصل نہیں ہو سکتی۔ بےگناہ شہریوں کو نشانہ بنانا ناقابلِ قبول ہے۔ مشرقِ وسطیٰ میں امن کی بحالی کیلئے فوری جنگ بندی ہونی چاہیے۔
Pakistan has emerged as a founding member of President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace, a new diplomatic body unveiled at Davos to oversee Gaza’s post-war security, reconstruction and political transition.
امریکی صدر ڈونلڈ ٹرمپ کے بورڈ آف پیس میں پاکستان کی شمولیت بھارت کیلئے خطرے کی گھنٹی ہے۔ غزہ کے علاوہ دیگر بین الاقوامی تنازعات تک وسعت کی تجویز بھارت کیلئے کشمیر کے حوالہ سے پریشان کُن ثابت ہو سکتی ہے۔
Critics insist that Pakistan’s sympathy for Gaza is performative. They are wrong. It is historical, ethical, and intensely practical. War does not stop at borders. It migrates into prices, into power cuts, into classrooms, into the psychology of a young man who has seen too many funerals and too few pay cheques.
Iranian's foreign ministry has said that Pakistan is now their only official intermediary with the United States, placing Islamabad at the centre of one of the the world's most sensitive diplomatic channels.
The Israeli military has said it confirmed the veracity of a viral photograph which appeared to show one of its soldiers smashing a statue of Jesus Christ to pieces with a sledgehammer in southern Lebanon.
Pakistan is moving to repay the last $1.5 billion of a UAE loan this week after already returning $2 billion, as officials look to an IMF board review expected next month to unlock fresh funding and steady market confidence.
Sohail Afridi, the Chief Minister for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, has claimed that Imran Khan first proposed the peace talks now unfolding in Pakistan as far back as 2002, adding a new burst of controversy to the country’s already charged political landscape.
Donald Trump has long favoured high-profile diplomacy and may want to fly in himself if Pakistan offers the chance for a final deal or landmark announcement, meaning JD Vance would likely need to stay home in Washington or return from Islamabad first.