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Pakistan’s Foreign Minister and Deputy PM Ishaq Dar and Britain’s Home Secretary Yvette Cooper discussed the US-Iran talks held in Islamabad, with London praising Pakistan’s role in facilitating dialogue.

Pakistan said it was still making a full diplomatic push to ease tensions between the United States and Iran after marathon talks in Islamabad ended without agreement, underscoring Islamabad’s bid to keep a fragile mediation effort from unravelling.

Iran leaves the door open after Islamabad, but says the United States must now earn its trust. Tehran says the talks were serious, while Pakistan played a central role in keeping the diplomatic channel alive, and Washington must now prove it can turn dialogue into trust.

پاکستان نے سعودی عرب کے ساتھ دفاعی معاہدے کے تحت کِنگ عبدالعزیز ایئربیس پر فوجی دستہ تعینات کر دیا جس میں لڑاکا و معاون طیارے بھی شامل ہیں۔ یہ پیش رفت ایسے وقت میں ہوئی ہے جب اسلام آباد امریکا ایران تنازع کے پُرامن حل کیلئے مذاکرات کی میزبانی کر رہا ہے۔

Saudi Arabia said a Pakistani military force, including fighter and support aircraft, has arrived at King Abdulaziz Air Base under a bilateral defence pact, a deployment that underscores expanding security coordination between the two countries.