Pakistani prime minister Shehbaz Sharif has arrived in Saudi Arabia for a high-level meeting with Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman on Eid-ul-Adha to reportedly discuss trade, investment, and regional stability.
Saudi Arabia has threatened to drop oil prices to $50 per barrel if Russia and other OPEC+ members fail to reduce production, potentially sparking a new oil price war.
Trump pledges to "always protect" Saudi Arabia, highlighting his personal bond with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman while also pursuing business ventures like the planned Trump Tower in Jeddah and a $2 billion investment from the Saudi wealth fund into his son-in-law Jared Kushner's investment fund.
سعودی ولی عہد اور سعودی عرب کے وزیر اعظم محمد بن سلمان کے مئی کے دوسرے ہفتے میں پاکستان کا دورہ کرنے کا امکان ہے۔ سعودی ولی عہد کے دورے کے دوران پاکستان میں اربوں ڈالرز کی انوسٹمنٹ کے فیصلے متوقع ہیں۔
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.
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۔
The Institute of Regional Studies hosted a seminar in Islamabad on Greater Eurasia, where speakers from Pakistan, Türkiye and Azerbaijan called for deeper connectivity, stronger trade corridors and closer strategic cooperation in a rapidly changing multipolar order.
Pakistan’s growing diplomatic relevance has triggered a sharper narrative war, with foreign criticism, hostile media framing and domestic security incidents being used to cast Islamabad as unstable just as it re-enters the centre of regional diplomacy.
The State Bank of Pakistan’s Half Year Report shows stronger growth, lower inflation, rising reserves and a rare fiscal surplus, but warns that weak exports, low investment, climate shocks and Middle East instability could still test the recovery.