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Pakistan's role in U.S.-Iran diplomacy is giving Islamabad fresh strategic relevance while testing its ability to balance ties across a divided region.

Pakistan urges renewed diplomacy after Russia and China veto a US draft extending the UN expert panel monitoring Iran sanctions.

Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi holds talks in Tehran on Pakistan-Iran cooperation, border security and escalating regional tensions.
On 2 October, Pakistan indicated a careful change in stance on US sanctions against Iran, stressing adherence to domestic and international laws

Pakistan says high-level talks in Tehran produced progress toward reviving Iran-US dialogue and reducing the risk of wider regional escalation.
Iran has indicated a readiness to engage in discussions with the U.S. to reduce tensions amid ongoing diplomatic efforts led by Pakistan and Qatar

Pakistan's Foreign Office says Field Marshal Asim Munir travelled to Tehran as part of Islamabad's mediation efforts, not as an envoy for Washington.
Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi told Iranian Interior Minister Eskandar Momeni, on an official visit to Pakistan, that Islamabad is ready to extend cooperation with Iran in all fields.

Shehbaz Sharif and Masoud Pezeshkian used an SCO summit meeting in Bishkek to review bilateral ties and support continued regional diplomacy.
Iran’s Interior Minister Eskandar Momeni held separate meetings in Islamabad on Tuesday with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Pakistan’s top military leadership, as Pakistan continued diplomatic engagement with Tehran…
Pakistan faces a crowded 2026 security agenda, from the Afghanistan border and TTP violence to Middle East instability and new defence ties.

Pakistan says the Makkah defence pact with Saudi Arabia and Turkiye could become active if Houthi attacks are treated as aggression against the Kingdom.
Pakistan's squash team secures silver at the Asian Games after losing to Malaysia, while the volleyball team faces a semi-final defeat against Iran

Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher begins the first Pakistan visit by the Vatican's senior official for relations with states and international organisations.
Amid the ongoing UNGA meetings, Pakistan stands out for its vital role in encouraging US-Iran diplomatic talks, hailed by global leaders

A media report says Iran is considering an invitation to the Makkah Joint Defence Agreement, but Tehran and the pact's three members have not officially confirmed it.

Pakistan's Chief of Defence Forces and Army Chief Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir has arrived in Tehran with Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi, placing Islamabad's regional peace diplomacy back at the centre of a tense Iran…

A seminar in Karachi organized by the Pakistan Institute of International Affairs produced a blunt assessment of the US-Iran war's real lessons: that overwhelming military capability, on its own, has failed to deliver…
WHO has extended polio-related international travel measures for Pakistan for another three months amid continued transmission and cross-border risks.
Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar stressed the need to build upon commitments in the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding during a meeting with Iranian Foreign Minister Araghchi.
Business owners in Pakistan are getting impatient for a chance to finally trade goods and oil along their long shared border with

WASHINGTON — Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent stood at a podium at the Treasury Department on Monday and announced what the Trump administration is calling an "economic D-Day" against Iran.

The September 1 SCO summit in Bishkek will bring the leaders of China, Russia, India, Iran, Pakistan and Central Asian states together amid global tensions.

Pakistan and Turkiye are moving beyond traditional friendship in 2026, with defence cooperation, trade goals and regional diplomacy giving the relationship a sharper strategic shape.