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White House calls Pakistan Iran-talk reports “speculation” even as reports say US officials are planning possible talks led by JD Vance.
New, friendly media operations and expanded state-run television are pushing Pakistan’s message while independent news outlets face repression.
Islamabad accuses neighbouring Taliban regime of harbouring militants and allowing them ‘safe havens’ from which to attack, with ‘shaky truce’ set to expire
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Both countries said they were suspending fighting before the Muslim holiday Eid al-Fitr, which marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan, and at the request of Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Qatar.
Syed Asim Munir’s role demonstrates Islamabad’s acute exposure to regional instability and newly found geopolitical relevance.
Pakistan, the only nuclear-armed Muslim state, faces mounting pressure as its Saudi defense pact and Iran ties clash amid the intensifying regional war.
At the Emergency Hospital, dozens crowded around a thick book to check the names of the victims killed in an airstrike on a rehabilitation center. The U.N. says over a hundred people were killed.
Amid ‘open war’ between Pakistan and Afghanistan over Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan, the 2015 documentary ‘Taliban Hunters’ offers relevant history on the militant group and the fight against it by Pakistani authorities.
By Ariba Shahid, Saad Sayeed and Mubasher Bukhari ISLAMABAD, March 24 (Reuters) - Pakistan's role as a possible host of talks aimed at ending the Iran war builds on its courtship of U.S.