Pakistan has moved to shut down the impression of informal peace talks with the Afghan Taliban, insisting that there will be no dialogue without concrete and verifiable action against cross-border militancy.
The Diplomat’s piece rests on Ajmal Sohail’s unverified claims, presenting a politically situated Afghan figure as a neutral expert while offering no credible independent evidence for its most serious allegations. It also fails the basic logic test: Pakistan’s all-weather partnership with China makes the claim that Islamabad is targeting Chinese interests extremely difficult to sustain.
پاکستان نے افغانستان کے ساتھ مذاکرات کے امکان کو مسترد کرتے ہوئے سخت مؤقف اختیار کر لیا۔ اسلام آباد نے واضح کیا ہے کہ جب تک افغان سرزمین سے سرحد پار دہشتگردی میں ملوث عناصر کی پناہ گاہیں اور پشت پناہی ختم نہیں ہوتی تب تک کارروائیاں جاری رہیں گی۔
امریکی کانگریس مین رایان زِنکے نے دعویٰ کیا ہے کہ پاکستان میں طالبان جنگجو امریکی ساز و سامان استعمال کر رہے ہیں۔ سی این این کی سیریل نمبر چیکس تفصیلات اور پاکستانی رپورٹس بھی بلوچستان اور خیبرپختونخوا میں امریکی ہتھیاروں کے استعمال کی نشاندہی کرتی ہیں۔
A claim by US Congressman Ryan Zinke that Taliban fighters in Pakistan are using American Humvees and M16s has revived Pakistan’s long-running warning about post-2021 weapons spillover, as Pakistani reporting cites CNN-linked serial checks and alleged recoveries of US-origin kit in KP and Balochistan.
Per a new purchasing managers’ survey released by HBL and S&P, Pakistan’s manufacturing PMI rose to 50.9 in May, returning to expansion as new orders recovered and export orders posted their strongest rise since February 2025.
Pakistan’s major ports are seeing a sharp rise in container and transshipment activity as Gulf disruption redirects cargo towards Karachi, Port Qasim and Gwadar.
Iranian officials are preparing three days of farewell ceremonies and a 24-hour funeral procession for Ali Khamenei, with events expected in Tehran, Qom and Mashhad.
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.