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2021-04-24 19:24
Iran suspends all commercial flights with India and Pakistan over COVID-19 variant
TEHRAN - Iran on Saturday announced the halt of all flights to and from India and Pakistan until further notice over a COVID-19 variant to avert its spread in the already-stricken country.
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2020-02-21 18:33
Pakistan plays host to joint tourism conference with Iran
TEHRAN – Attendees including Iranian and Pakistani cultural officials, diplomats and tour operators discussed ways to deepen tourism ties between the two neighboring countries in a conference held at Mehran Arts Council in Hyderabad on February 15.
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2020-02-08 18:14
Iran, Pakistan confer on broadening defense ties
TEHRAN - Iranian ambassador to Islamabad Mohammad Ali Hosseini and Pakistani Minister for Defense Production Zubaida Jalal Khan exchanged views on Saturday over promoting defense-related ties between the two “friendly” nations.
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2019-12-20 18:28
Pakistani health tourists encouraged to visit Iran
TEHRAN – A Pakistani health official has encouraged patients to travel to Iran for benefiting from the neighboring country’s experience in this sector.
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2019-12-03 18:49
Iran starts issuing electronic visas for Pakistani citizens
TEHRAN - Iran has launched an e-visa system for Pakistani citizens in order to facilitate their travels through abolishing old-fashioned paper visas.
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2019-11-23 18:36
Iranian cultural festival opens in Pakistan
TEHRAN – An Iranian cultural festival opened in the Pakistani capital of Islamabad on Thursday.
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2019-11-10 18:31
Pakistani parliamentary delegation in Tehran to strengthen ties
TEHRAN – A Pakistani parliamentary delegation has visited Tehran to strengthen ties between Tehran and Islamabad.
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2019-11-10 18:21
Tehran, Islamabad to boost border security: general
TEHRAN – Iran’s border guard commander, Qassem Rezaee, said on Saturday that Tehran and Islamabad have cooperated to enhance the security at common border areas.
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2019-05-24 14:22
Pakistan offers to be mediator between U.S. and Iran
Pakistan has said it is ready to mediate between Washington and Tehran as Iran’s foreign minister arrived for talks in Islamabad amid growing tensions in the Middle East.
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2019-05-22 18:30
Zarif set to depart Tehran for Islamabad on Thursday
TEHRAN – Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif is set to visit Pakistan on Thursday, a trip aimed to step up diplomatic contacts with Asian countries.
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2019-03-12 10:10
Pakistan not yet out of the woods, says Qureshi
TEHRAN - Despite de-escalation of tensions after weeks of saber-rattling, Pakistan’s foreign minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Sunday said Pakistan still was not out of the woods.
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2019-03-10 10:15
India’s Pakistan envoy returns to Islamabad
TEHRAN - In a move that marks the de-escalation of political and diplomatic tensions between India and Pakistan, New Delhi’s envoy to Islamabad joined back office on Wednesday.
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2019-03-02 20:27
Negative elements fail to harm Tehran-Islamabad ties: Pakistan FM
TEHRAN – Pakistan’s Foreign Minister, Shah Mehmood Qureshi, has said despite efforts by some negative elements relations between Iran and Pakistan are growing stronger.
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2019/02/28
By Syed Zafar Mehdi
It’s official: India, Pakistan are at war, again
TEHRAN - After days of shrill war rhetoric and saber-rattling, India claimed to have conducted a surgical strike in Balakot, a small hamlet in Pakistan-controlled Kashmir, early Tuesday morning.
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2019-02-25 16:03
Islamabad hopes to keep militants in check after attack on IRGC frayed ties with Tehran
Pakistan to fence 950km of border with Iran
In order to de-escalate tensions with its neighbour in the west, Prime Minister Imran Khan’s administration plans to fence 950km of the border linking Pakistan’s Balochistan province with Iran’s Sistan and Baluchestan province.
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2019-02-24 10:24
FATF retains Pakistan on its ‘grey list’
TEHRAN - In another setback for the government in Islamabad, Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has retained Pakistan on its ‘grey list’, citing ‘limited progress’.
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2019-02-24 09:47
India threatens to stop flow of water to Pakistan; Islamabad ‘not concerned’
TEHRAN - The heightened tensions between two warring neighbors India and Pakistan in the wake of recent terrorist attack in Indian-controlled Kashmir have drifted towards waters now.
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2019-02-21 09:08
Pakistan FM wants ‘normal ties with Israel’
TEHRAN - In a controversial statement that has raised many eyebrows in Pakistan and the region, Pakistan’s foreign minister has expressed desire to normalize relations with Israel.
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2019-02-21 08:46
By Syed Zafar Mehdi
MBS tours South Asia, seeks to improve his battered image with petrodollars
TEHRAN - Saudi Arabia’s crown prince Mohammad Bin Salman is touring South Asia these days to brush up his battered image following the global outcry over diabolical murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
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2019-01-23 21:35
Mashhad hosts some 700,000 Pakistani pilgrims per annum: envoy
TEHRAN – Some 700,000 Pakistani pilgrims annually travel to Mashhad to visit the holy shrine of Imam Reza (AS), Islamabad’s Ambassador to Tehran said on Tuesday.
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2019-01-02 20:25
China pledges to lend $2 billion to Pakistan
TEHRAN - China has pledged to lend at least $2 billion to Pakistan to shore up its foreign exchange reserves and prevent further devaluation of rupee against the dollar, Financial Times reported, quoting sources.
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2019-01-02 20:21
On New Year, India, Pakistan trade fire on border, violate ceasefire
TEHRAN - The intermittent border skirmishes continue between India and Pakistan, the two estranged South Asian neighbors, escalating political and military tensions. Over the past few days, the armies of the two countries have again accused each other of trading fire on the Line of Control (LoC), the line dividing the two countries, in the disputed Kashmir region.
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2018-12-16 09:50
Pakistan, China, Afghanistan hold second trilateral dialogue in Kabul
TEHRAN -Pakistan, China and Afghanistan held second round of trilateral dialogue in Kabul on Wednesday, in a attempt to facilitate the peace process and help end the protracted U.S.-imposed war in Afghanistan.
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2018-12-13 10:01
By Syed Zafar Mehdi
India’s cooperation needed to end war in Afghanistan, says Pakistan
TEHRAN - Pakistan and India, the two South Asian warring neighbors, have long been accused of proxy war in Afghanistan, where the war has stretched into its 18th year now.
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2018-12-01 00:11
Tehran, Islamabad discuss military ties
TEHRAN – Habibollah Sayyari, the deputy army chief for coordination affairs, has met with senior Pakistani military commanders to explore avenues for the promotion of Tehran-Islamabad military cooperation.
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2018-11-26 21:48
Indian ministers to attend Pakistan event
TEHRAN _ After many weeks of saber-rattling, accusations and counter-accusations, estranged neighbors India and Pakistan are again attempting to build a bridge between them.
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2018-11-21 20:23
Syed Zafar Mehdi
Pakistan-U.S. ties hit new low as Pentagon suspends $1.66 bn security aid to Islamabad
TEHRAN - The relations between former allies United States and Pakistan continue to nosedive with many skeletons tumbling out of the cupboard. Barely two days after U.S. President Donald Trump launched a vicious tirade against Pakistan for 'not doing a damn thing' for his country, which evoked angry reactions in Pakistan, his administration suspended the $1.66 billion security assistance to Islamabad on Wednesday.
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2018-11-12 23:22
Iran, Pakistan to kick off discussions on stalled gas pipeline project
TEHRAN _ In a significant development that augur well for Iran-Pakistan relations, the PTI government in Islamabad led by Imran Khan has decided to kick off discussions on Iran-Pakistan (I-P) gas pipeline project that got shelved by the previous government in 2016.
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2018-10-23 22:17
Islamabad firm to rescue abducted Iranian soldiers: ambassador
TEHRAN – Pakistan’s Ambassador to Tehran, Rifat Masood, said on Tuesday that Islamabad is determined to rescue Iranian border guards from kidnappers.
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2018-10-11 16:51
Dhaka rejects new Pakistan envoy
TEHRAN - In an unsavory development that is likely to worsen relations between Pakistan and Bangladesh, Dhaka has refused to accept Islamabad’s new envoy following allegations of Pakistan’s diplomatic mission being misused to perpetrate activities of Pakistan’s intelligence agency against Dhaka and Delhi.
