Washington, April 8 (IANS) US President Donald Trump announced that he has agreed to suspend planned military strikes on Iran for two weeks, linking the pause to Tehran’s agreement to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and ongoing negotiations toward a broader peace deal.In a statement, Trump said the decision came “based on conversations with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Field Marshal Asim Munir, of Pakistan,” who had urged restraint as tensions escalated.“Subject to the Islamic Republic …
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Tel Aviv, April 5 (IANS) Pakistan’s attempt to project itself as a mediator in the ongoing tensions involving the United States, Israel and Iran has come under scrutiny, a report in The Times of Israel read, highlighting Islamabad’s complex historical role and strategic contradictions. Citing longstanding geopolitical patterns, the report noted that Pakistan’s military establishment has often played a dual role in global affairs. Referencing a popular quip, journalist Hasan Mujtaba wrote in The …
Madrid, March 31 (IANS) Despite the attacks on Saudi Arabia by Iran in recent weeks amid the escalating conflict in West Asia, Islamabad has so far refrained from deploying significant forces to support Riyadh under the bilateral defence agreement. This inaction has raised questions in diplomatic circles about the practical scope of the pact between Islamabad and Riyadh as well as the conditions required to put it into effect, a report said on Tuesday.”Recently, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia signed …
New Delhi, March 27 (IANS) India on Friday sharply criticised the recent comments made by Pakistani Army Chief Asim Munir during a meeting with senior Shia clerics of the country, in which he reportedly stated that those sympathetic to Iran should relocate there. Addressing a weekly media briefing in New Delhi, Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said that such remarks reflects Pakistan’s long standing pattern of persecution against minorities, including the Shia comm…
Islamabad, March 27 (IANS) Pakistani military establishment, under the leadership of Asim Munir, has abandoned the facade of economic recovery and opted for a “strategic psychosis”. As ordinary Pakistani citizens struggle with record-breaking inflation and a collapsing power grid, the ‘Men in Olive Green’ are diverting the nation’s dwindling resources towards Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) development and reconstruction of their proxy terror networks, a recent report has highlighted. …
New Delhi, March 27 (IANS) Pakistan has unexpectedly emerged as a mediator in the escalating US-Iran conflict, leveraging its diplomatic ties, according to reports, while its own ongoing war with Afghanistan remains unresolved despite several attempts at arbitration by other nations in the region.Reports suggest that Islamabad is facilitating backchannel talks between Washington and Tehran to avert a broader regional war, that is now in its fourth week.US President Donald Trump announced a limit…
Washington, March 23 (IANS) The White House on Monday declined to comment on mediation efforts in the Iran crisis, saying sensitive diplomacy would not be discussed publicly even as reports pointed to growing back-channel activity. “These are sensitive diplomatic discussions and the United States will not negotiate through the news media,” Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told IANS when asked about Pakistan’s role in the conflict and peace efforts.Her remarks came amid media reports …
Islamabad, March 21 (IANS) Pakistani Army Chief Asim Munir’s “ill-considered decision” to declare war on Afghanistan amid the fragile situation at home has plunged Pakistan into a crisis with little prospect for a swift exit. By conducting airstrikes across the Durand Line, Rawalpindi has placed the Afghan Taliban alongside its long list of adversaries, a report highlighted. “Despite applying brute force, including the use of drones and armed helicopter gunships, ongoing attacks on the Pakis…
Washington, March 17 (IANS) Pakistan has proven to be an unreliable partner, fostering a growing sense of betrayal within Saudi Arabia’s leadership towards Islamabad amid the escalating crisis in the Middle East. Despite a defence pact between the two countries, Pakistan has offered neither tangible military assistance nor political support to Saudi Arabia during the recent Iranian attacks on the Kingdom, a report said on Tuesday.According to a report in the US-based Middle East Media Research…
Kabul, March 13 (IANS) As Pakistan’s ongoing conflict with Afghanistan escalates, several critics have termed it as a deliberate ploy adopted by the country’s failed military to create instability in the region in order to divert attention of people from the fundamental failures of government, a report has stated. Domestic opposition to Pakistan’s Army Chief Asim Munir is growing and increasingly visible. After the killing of civilians by security forces during local protests in Pakistan-occupie…