The inaugural 2+2 ministerial dialogue between India and the U.S. held in New Delhi last week has again threatened to jeopardize recent efforts made by New Delhi and Islamabad to bury the hatchet and open a new chapter in their bilateral ties. The joint statement issued at the summit has drawn sharp reaction from Islamabad, […]

 According to a recent report by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Pakistan ranks among the top three countries with acute water scarcity. UN agencies like United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and Pakistan Council of Research in Water Resources (PCRWR) have also sounded alarm bells that Pakistan, which has the world’s fourth-largest rate of water usage, […]

 China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi is on a three-day official visit to Pakistan, which started on Friday. It is the first official visit by a senior Chinese official since the formation of a new government in Pakistan. During the visit, Wang Yi held delegation-level talks with senior Pakistani officials, including his counterpart Shah Mehmood Qureshi, […]

Construction of a gas pipeline between Iran and Pakistan is considered only as a panacea to the energy crisis grappling Pakistan. Last week, Imran Khan was sworn in as the new premier of Pakistan. In his first televised address to the nation, the cricketer-turned-politician outlined his vision for Pakistan and vowed to build the foundation […]

Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi announced on Friday that he has received a message from Iranian FM Zarif who will be welcomed in Islamabad on August 30. The Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi of the new administration in Pakistan announced on Friday that he has received a congratulatory message from Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad […]

 In a message forwarded Sat., Iranian President Hassan Rouhani extended his congratulations to Imran Khan on his election as Pakistan’s new prime minister, stressing Iran’s readiness to develop bilateral ties. “I hope to see further expansion of relations between the two friendly and neighboring countries, as well as increasing unity and convergence in the Islamic World, […]

Pakistan foreign ministry spokesperson welcomed the Iranian gesture of putting up greeting billboards on major roads in its cities and running greeting messages on advertising screens on the occasion of Pakistan’s 71st Independence Day on August 14, local media reported. “We welcome it. Iran is our brother and time-tested neighbor,” foreign ministry spokesman Dr Mohammad […]

Newly elected Imaran Khan will visit both Iran after taking oath of the Prime Minister of Pakistan. According to ‘Times of Islamabad’ Imran Khan has been offered a state visit of Iran, Saudi Arabia by the respective heads of state to which he had agreed. The PTI chairperson has accepted Iranian president as well as […]

The biggest challenge for the new government in Islamabad, experts say, will be economy. Imran Khan-led government will inherit a flailing economy that needs to be revived, and speculation is rife that Pakistan will approach International Monetary Fund (IMF) for the bailout. It is, however, still not clear when the new government in Islamabad approaches […]

The deputy minister of petroleum for international affairs said late Wednesday that Iran welcomes continuation of talks with Pakistan on the gas pipeline project. Amir Hoseein Zamani-Nia added that Tehran-Islamabad ties have always been historic and brotherly and their religious and cultural bonds serve as the biggest backbone for the two governments’ friendly ties, especially […]