Pakistan PM Imran Khan to visit Kabul for first time

Pakistan Prime Minister, Imran Khan is to visit Kabul in the ongoing week amid stalled peace negotiations between the government and Taliban’ peace negotiation teams in Doha of Qatar.

Pakistan’s Imran Khan welcomes possible U.S. return to Iran deal

TEHRAN – Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan has said if U.S. President-elect Joe Biden decides to return to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) with Iran, it would be in Pakistan’s interest.

MP hails Zarif’s visit to Pakistan as ‘fruitful’

TEHRAN – Fadahossein Maleki, a member of the Parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Committee, has welcomed the visit by Iran’s chief diplomat Mohammad Javad Zarif to neighboring Pakistan.

Iran FM to visit Pakistan

TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif will pay a visit on Tuesday to neighboring Pakistan at the invitation of his Pakistani counterpart, according to the spokesman for the Iranian Foreign Ministry, Saeed Khatibzadeh.

Pakistan PM says cannot force dialogue between Iran and Saudi Arabia

TEHRAN – In an interview with the German magazine Der Spiegel published on Friday, Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that he cannot “force” dialogue between Iran and Saudi Arabia.

Bomb at seminary in Pakistan kills 8 students, wounds 136

A powerful bomb blast ripped through an Islamic seminary on the outskirts of the northwest Pakistani city of Peshawar Tuesday morning, killing at least eight students and wounding 136 others, police and a hospital spokesman said.

Iran condemns attacks on Pakistani troops

TEHRAN - Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh has condemned the terrorist attacks on Pakistani troops in Ormara and Quetta over the past two days, expressing sympathy with the people and government of Pakistan.

Senior Pakistani senator invites Iranian Parliament speaker to visit Islamabad

TEHRAN – During a meeting with Seyed Mohammad Ali Hosseini, the Iranian ambassador to Pakistan, Senator Mushahid Hussein Sayed, the chairman of Pakistan’s Senate Foreign Affairs Committee, has invited Iran’s Parliament speaker to pay a visit to Pakistan.

Tehran, Islamabad stress need for combating deforestation, drought

TEHRAN – Iran and Pakistan underscored the need for boosting cooperation in the field of environment protection.

Iranian TV series “Kimia” being dubbed into Urdu 

TEHRAN – The Iranian TV series “Kimia” is being dubbed into the Urdu language that is spoken in Pakistan and India.

Iranian, Pakistani parliamentary chiefs discuss co-op

TEHRAN — Iranian and Pakistani parliament speakers have underlined the importance of developing political, economic, cultural, trade and parliamentary cooperation between the two countries in regional forums. 

Archaeological survey sheds new light on ancient societies in southeast Iran

TEHRAN – Archaeologists have discovered new evidence of prehistorical architecture and pottery belonged to societies once lived across Sefidkuh in Makran region, southeastern Sistan-Baluchestan province.

Imran Khan: Mediation between Iran, Saudi Arabia going slowly

TEHRAN — Pakistan’s U.S.-requested mediation efforts between Saudi Arabia and Iran have been making slow progress, Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Monday.

Chabahar airport project a ‘major stimulus’ to attract tourists, investors

TEHRAN - Chabahar Free Trade–Industrial Zone Organization is planning to build an international airport which would be a major stimulus to attract both tourists and investors to the region in the southeastern Sistan-Baluchestan province.

Inclusion of Iran in China-Pakistan Economic Corridor to benefit region: Qureshi

TEHRAN — Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has said that the inclusion of Iran in China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) will benefit the entire region.

Efforts underway to repatriate abducted border guards from Pakistan: general

TEHRAN — Chief of Iran’s Border Police has said a series of talks have been held with Pakistani security authorities to secure the release of the Iranian border guards kidnapped at a border post and taken into Pakistan back in 2018.

Pakistani embassy expresses its condilences over Medical Center blast in Tehran

Tehran- Pakistani embassy expressed its condolences over the Medical Center blast in Tehran.

By Rahim Hayat Qureshi Pakistan’s ambassador to Iran

The brotherly bond between Iran and Pakistan

As I present my credentials to H.E. President Rouhani, it is a moment to reflect over the longstanding fraternal, cultural and historical bonds between Iran and Pakistan.  

Rouhani calls for close cooperation with Pakistan in border security

Pakistan’s ambassador submits credentials to Rouhani

TEHRAN – President Hassan Rouhnai has called for expanding cooperation with Pakistan in protecting security in border areas.

Knowledge-based companies to raise annual sales to $35 billion

TEHRAN – Knowledge-based companies in Iran sold products worth 1,200 trillion rials (about $28 billion at the official rate of 42,000 rials) in the previous Iranian calendar year (ended on March 19), while the figure is projected to rise to 1,500 billion rials (about $35 billion) in the current year, said Sourena Sattari, Vice President for Science and Technology.

Coronavirus: Iran preparing to reopen doors to foreign travelers

TEHRAN – Iran’s tourism ministry has forecast that the country will start hosting foreign travelers as of mid-summer with the priority given to travelers from the neighboring countries.

By M.A. Saki

The Oslo process was a trap from which the Palestinians never escaped: ex-UN Special Rapporteur for Palestine

TEHRAN- Richard Anderson Falk, professor emeritus of international law at Princeton University and former UN Special Rapporteur for Palestine, says “the Oslo process was a trap from which the Palestinians never escaped”.

Iran, Russia, China, and Pakistan hold talks on Afghanistan 

TEHRAN — Diplomats from Iran, Russia, China, and Pakistan discussed the situation in Afghanistan in an online conference on Monday.

Pakistan PM condemns U.S. sanctions on Iran

TEHRAN – Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday condemned the United States’ sanctions on Iran when the world is fighting the coronavirus pandemic.

Military experts getting worried about a fresh round of arms race between Pakistan and India

Arms sale data shows that the two nuclear-armed states of Pakistan and India have been engaged in purchasing more cutting-edge weapons and ammunitions, showing their intention to start a new round of arms race, an Indian analyst said, voicing concern over a possible all-out devastating war in South Asia. 

How awfully COVID-19 outbreak can affect Afghan refugees in Pakistan!

A rapid surge in coronavirus cases globally has raised concerns that the outbreak could be particularly devastating for a huge number of Afghan refugees residing in Pakistan.