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2025-12-09 16:30
‘Militant’ ambush kills six Pakistani soldiers in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
At least six Pakistani soldiers were killed in “militant attacks” in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, a northwestern province bordering Afghanistan, Anadolu reported Tuesday, citing local police.
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2025-12-08 22:06
Iran’s Border Guard chief in Pakistan for talks on border security
TEHRAN – Head of Iran’s Border Guard Command Brigadier General Ahmad Ali Goudarzi has arrived in Pakistan to hold talks on boosting border cooperation and maritime security issues and to participate in an international drill as an observer.
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2025-12-06 23:57
Iran and Pakistan agree to revive key rail link
TEHRAN- As two neighbors with continously growing ties, Iran and Pakistan have agreed to revive the Islamabad–Tehran–Istanbul (ITI) freight train service later this year.
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2025-11-25 21:40
Pakistan pledges diplomatic backing for Iran during top security official’s visit to Islamabad
TEHRAN – Pakistan’s President Asif Ali Zardari, in a meeting with Ali Larijani, Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, reaffirmed his country’s solidarity with the Islamic Republic of Iran against the aggression of the Israeli regime.
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2025-11-24 21:50
Neighbors continue high-level exchanges as Larijani heads to ‘brotherly’ Pakistan
TEHRAN – Iran’s top security official, Ali Larijani, has departed for Pakistan in a visit aimed at deepening political and security cooperation between the two neighbors.
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2025-11-24 15:09
Iran discusses expanding ties with Tajikistan, Pakistan in ICT sector
TEHRAN – To boost cooperation with neighboring countries and strengthen regional interactions in the information, communication, and technology (ICT) sector, ICT Minister Sattar Hashemi has held meetings with his counterparts from Tajikistan and Pakistan.
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2025-11-24 15:07
Six dead in attack on Federal Constabulary headquarters in Pakistan
All three suicide bombers and three security personnel were killed in an attack on the headquarters of the paramilitary force in the northwestern city of Peshawar, Pakistan, Anadolu reported Monday, citing a senior police official.
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2025-11-17 22:21
By Salman Parviz
Strategic reset in India-Afghanistan ties
Chabahar to play vital connectivity role
TEHRAN -- India’s renewed engagement with the Taliban administration in Afghanistan reflects a pragmatic shift by prioritizing interests over earlier ideological reservations.
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2025-11-14 16:27
Pakistan accuses Afghan nationals of twin suicide bombings
Pakistani authorities on November 13 accused Afghan nationals of carrying out two suicide bombings that struck the South Asian nation earlier this week, including one in Islamabad, The Cradle reported Friday.
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2025-11-12 19:14
Defense minister: Pakistan will ‘pay back in the same coins’ after Islamabad suicide blast
Pakistan’s Defense Minister Khawaja Asif said Pakistan was not interested in fighting with India or Afghanistan, though he said his country would “pay back in the same coins” if it was targeted by its enemies after a suicide attack in Islamabad killed at least 12 people and injured more than 30, Arab News reported.
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2025-11-11 19:14
Pakistan blames India for deadly Islamabad bomb blast
A suicide attack outside a court in Pakistan's capital Islamabad killed 12 people and injured more than two dozen others on Tuesday, the country's interior minister said.
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2025/11/10
By Sardar Ayaz Sadiq, Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan
Qalibaf's Pakistan visit affirms Tehran-Islamabad friendship
ISLAMABAD – I extend my heartfelt gratitude to my esteemed counterpart, H.E. Dr. Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf, Speaker of the Islamic Consultative Assembly of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and the distinguished members of his delegation, for their recent visit to Pakistan. Their presence in Islamabad was both an honour and a reaffirmation of the deep-rooted friendship and mutual respect that defined relations between Pakistan and Iran.
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2025-11-09 20:51
Araghchi says Tehran ready to help ease Pakistan-Afghanistan tensions
TEHRAN – Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has expressed Tehran’s readiness to help de-escalate growing tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan following recent deadly border clashes.
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2025-11-08 22:05
Qalibaf’s Pakistan visit seals push for stronger economic, security cooperation
TEHRAN – The three days Iran’s Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf spent in Pakistan this week appear to be the latest step in the two countries’ push for closer and stronger bilateral ties.
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2025-11-07 20:37
‘Now more than ever’, Iran, Pakistan urge expansion of political, security ties
TEHRAN – Iran’s Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf, leading a high-level parliamentary delegation to Pakistan, has called for a new phase in relations between Tehran and Islamabad — one centered on deeper economic, political, and security cooperation.
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2025-11-07 16:56
Gorgan festival to highlight nomadic life
TEHRAN—Gorgan will hold the 17th Iranian ethnic culture festival during November 16-18. The three-day event will host cultural, artistic and handicraft groups from all over the country and nine foreign countries.
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2025-11-05 20:11
Tehran seeks to deepen bilateral ties with Islamabad: Iran parliament speaker
TEHRAN – Iran’s Parliament Speaker has underlined the importance of the current level of relations between Iran and Pakistan, saying his official three-day trip seeks to “deepen bilateral ties and strengthen regional collaboration.”
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2025-11-04 21:06
Iran Parliament speaker to depart for Pakistan
TEHRAN – Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf is to leave for Pakistan on Wednesday, leading a high-ranking delegation, ‘as part of efforts to deepen political and economic ties between the two neighboring countries.
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2025-11-04 21:05
Iran, Pakistan pledge closer military ties at maritime expo in Karachi
TEHRAN – Iran and Pakistan’s defense and military capabilities complement one another, a senior Iranian military official said Tuesday, emphasizing that both neighbors are committed to expanding cooperation to confront shared threats from the West and Israel.
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2025-11-03 14:03
Pasteur Institute of Iran holds intl. pandemic preparedness course in Pakistan
TEHRAN – The Pasteur Institute of Iran has organized a week-long international training course in Pakistan to enhance the pandemic preparedness capacity in addressing future health threats.
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2025-11-02 16:09
Iran explores avenues to foster sci-tech ties with Pakistan, Nigeria
TEHRAN – Holding separate meetings with the Pakistani Minister of State for the Ministry of Federal Education, Wajiha Qamar, and the Nigerian Minister of State for Education, Suwaiba Ahmad, Science Minister Hossein Simaei-Sarraf has explored avenues to develop scientific and technological ties between Iran and the two other countries.
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2025-10-31 21:24
Larijani welcomes strategic security pact between Pakistan and Saudi Arabia
TEHRAN – The secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council has welcomed a defense accord between Pakistan and Saudi Arabia.
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2025-10-29 20:25
By Salman Parviz
Diplomatic meltdown marks Kabul-Islamabad dialogue
TEHRAN – The much-anticipated peace talks between Pakistan and the Afghan Taliban in Istanbul have dramatically collapsed after four days of negotiations leaving mediators from Qatar and Turkey stunned at the breakdown. The negotiations were a step toward regional stability but instead exposed deep mistrust, disunity, and competing agendas, particularly over the issue of U.S. drone operations and cross-border terror.
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2025-10-29 19:56
Iran’s boys volleyball team champions of 2025 AYG
TEHRAN – Iran swept past Pakistan in straight sets (25-21, 25-23, 25-23) to win a gold medal at the 2025 Asian Youth Games (AYG) on Wednesday.
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2025-10-29 19:50
Tehran, Islamabad ties set to become a strategic partnership, says top security official
TEHRAN – Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Ali Larijani has said that relations between Tehran and Islamabad can progress beyond their current framework and develop into a lasting strategic partnership.
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2025-10-28 19:48
Afghanistan–Pakistan truce talks collapse without deal
Three days of talks in Istanbul between Afghanistan and Pakistan aimed at forging a long-term truce ended Tuesday without agreement, delegates and state media said.
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2025-10-27 20:37
A new barter agreement set to transform Iran-Pakistan ties
Pakistan’s ambassador to Tehran says the deal ‘significant and valuable’
TEHRAN – During a press conference at the Pakistani embassy in Tehran, Pakistan’s Ambassador to Iran, Muhammad Mudassir Tipu, said the two countries are poised for even deeper ties as a recently signed barter agreement begins implementation and expands to include various sectors.
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2025-10-24 16:57
Minister urges ambassadors to help attract visitors from neighboring countries
TEHRAN – Iran’s Minister of Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts said on Wednesday that Iranian ambassadors in neighboring and friendly countries can play a role in attracting more tourists to the Islamic Republic.
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2025-10-24 16:08
Iranian companies attending Health Asia expo in Pakistan
TEHRAN – Six Iranian companies are participating in the 22nd Health Asia International Exhibition and Conference, being held from October 23-25 in Karachi, Pakistan.
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2025-10-21 17:09
Iran goalball defend title after addressing 2024 weaknesses: Doosti Vala
TEHRAN – Iran goalball head coach Bahman Doosti Vala said that the team succeeded in defending their title at the 2025 IBSA Asia-Pacific Goalball Championships after addressing their weaknesses from the 2024 Paralympic Games.