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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.

Trump reportedly warned Netanyahu against further escalation in Lebanon as US-Iran diplomacy faced renewed pressure, with Pakistan and Qatar involved in efforts to preserve a fragile regional framework.

Pakistan’s role in de-escalation does not amount to acceptance of normalisation with Israel. Islamabad’s Palestine policy remains rooted in statehood, Al-Quds, and pre-1967 borders, not the politics of the Iran file.

Senior RSS and military remarks in India have reopened the question of dialogue with Pakistan, exposing the limits of New Delhi’s hardline public posture. At the same time, Islamabad is trying to show that its relevance now extends beyond India, through crisis diplomacy involving Iran, the US, the Gulf, China and multilateral finance.