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Field Marshal Asim Munir in a dark military uniform and cap with rank insignia.

Pakistan's CDF Munir to visit Tehran as US-Iran mediation continues

Iran's foreign ministry said Pakistan's Chief of Defence Forces, Field Marshal Asim Munir, will lead a delegation to Tehran on Monday to support regional peace efforts.

The Indus river flowing wide and green through a rocky valley in northern Pakistan, with forested hills rising on both banks.

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Ahsan Iqbal warns India could turn water into a weapon under Indus treaty

Pakistan's minister Ahsan Iqbal said India's suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty has created the first modern case of water being weaponised, with dams acting as a buffer.

Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani speaking at a podium during a European Commission event in Brussels.

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Pakistan condemns Israeli strike on Syria as FM visits Islamabad

Pakistan condemned an Israeli strike on Syria's Abu al-Duhur airbase on 19 August 2026 as Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani began a two-day visit to Islamabad.

A satellite view of the Bab al-Mandeb strait separating Yemen from the Horn of Africa.

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Three Pakistani sailors killed in Houthi attack on Red Sea vessel

Pakistan condemned a Houthi missile attack on a commercial vessel in the Bab al-Mandeb strait that killed three Pakistani sailors and injured another.

Mohammad Ishaq Dar in a dark suit speaking in 2024.

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Iran downplays Makkah defence pact as Dar briefs Araghchi

Iran said on 11 August 2026 that the Pakistan-Saudi-Türkiye Makkah defence pact was not directed at Tehran, as Ishaq Dar briefed his Iranian counterpart.

Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif standing beside Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at an official meeting.

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Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkiye sign Makkah joint defence agreement

Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkiye signed the Makkah Joint Defence Agreement on 7 August 2026, pledging that an armed attack on one would be treated as an attack on all three.

Portrait photograph of Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in a dark suit.

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PM Shehbaz Sharif arrives in Jeddah as Pakistan presses Gulf diplomacy

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif reached Saudi Arabia on 6 August 2026 for talks with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Gulf tensions and regional diplomacy.

Government buildings along Shahra-e-Dastoor in Islamabad, Pakistan.

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Pakistan backs Saudi strikes in Iraq and confirms India invite to SCO summit

Pakistan's Foreign Office endorsed Saudi Arabia's right to self-defence after strikes in Iraq and said India would be invited to the SCO summit Islamabad hosts next year.

Foreign Office spokesperson Tahir Hussain Andrabi speaking at a podium with Pakistan flags.

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Pakistan hails Islamabad MoU, Lucerne summit as diplomacy win

The Foreign Office said the Islamabad MoU and Lucerne summit reinforced Pakistan's faith in dialogue, and confirmed US-Iran technical talks would resume after a pause.

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian at a joint press conference in Islamabad.

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Iran president visits Pakistan as PM pledges to keep mediating

President Masoud Pezeshkian arrived in Islamabad for a day-long visit during which PM Shehbaz Sharif said Pakistan would keep mediating until a final US-Iran deal.

Map showing the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan.

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Pakistan rejects Afghan Taliban claim of strikes in KP, Balochistan

Pakistan's information ministry called Afghan Taliban claims of air strikes on Daesh hideouts false, saying one drone entered and was shot down.

Tarbela Dam and its reservoir on the Indus River photographed at night.

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Pakistan accuses India of 17 Indus projects aimed at 'hydro-hegemony'

Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar told a Brussels conference that India's reservoirs and diversion projects threaten the Indus Waters Treaty and 240 million Pakistanis.