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JD Vance has said Pakistan and Qatar were involved in the diplomatic sequencing behind the US-Iran peace agreement, with the memorandum of understanding expected to be released around Friday’s formal ceremony.

From crisis, isolation and doubt, Pakistan has stepped into the diplomatic centre of gravity. If the US-Iran peace framework holds, Islamabad will not merely have brokered a deal. It will have reminded the world that nations are not condemned to the reputations others write for them.

وزیراعظم شہباز شریف کی جانب سے امریکا ایران امن معاہدے کے اعلان کے بعد عالمی منڈیوں میں تیل کی قیمتیں نیچے گِر گئیں، اِس پیش رفت کی وجہ آبنائے ہرمز دوبارہ کُھلنے کی امید ہے۔ پاکستان کا سفارتی اثر و رسوخ توانائی کی عالمی منڈیوں میں بھی محسوس کیا جا رہا ہے۔

Oil prices dropped after Shehbaz Sharif announced a US-Iran peace deal, as markets priced in lower risk around the Strait of Hormuz and wider regional supply disruption.

Shehbaz Sharif says the US and Iran have reached a peace deal, with a signing ceremony planned in Switzerland and mediators preparing talks this week.