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Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif reacts before a quadrilateral meeting between the United States, Iran, Pakistan and Qatar at the Burgenstock luxury hotel complex overlooking Lake Lucerne, Switzerland, on June 21, 2026. (URS FLUEELER / POOL / AFP)
July 2, 2026, 6:44 pm
Pakistan says PM Sharif, a key US-Iran mediator, will attend Khamenei funeral ceremony
Russia, China, India also confirm they’re sending senior officials; Iran claims dignitaries from about 100 countries coming, reportedly including the presidents of Tajikistan and Georgia
By Agencies and ToI Staff
A sign for the Lake Lucerne Summit at the Bürgenstock during a meeting between US Vice President JD Vance and Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif for high-level talks aimed at advancing a deal to end the Middle East conflict, in Obbuergen, Switzerland, June 21, 2026. (Nathan Howard/Pool Photo via AP)
June 21, 2026, 5:34 pm
US, Iran kick off talks on Lebanon, nuclear issues; Vance says progress already made
Officials gather for first meetings in Switzerland after MOU signed; Tehran says Lebanon tops agenda, is vital to reaching deal; Iran’s president insists on right to enrich uranium
By Agencies, Jacob Magid and ToI Staff
US President Donald Trump shakes hands with Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif during the Gaza International Peace Summit in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, October 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
June 13, 2026, 4:53 pm
Pakistan claims US-Iran deal to be signed within 24 hours; Tehran pushes back
Islamabad’s announcement quickly followed by Iranian denial that agreement will be signed Sunday; Tehran readies funeral for late supreme leader Ali Khamenei set for July 4
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Vessels are seen anchored in the Strait of Hormuz, off the port city of Khasab on Oman's northern Musandam Peninsula on May 17, 2026. (AFP)
May 24, 2026, 11:29 am
US-Iran deal said to open strait for 60 days, push off talks on regime’s nuclear program
US said ready to lift some sanctions, enabling Iran to trade oil; Strait of Hormuz would be open to all; Iran denies reports of any commitment to relinquish its enriched uranium stockpile
By Agencies and ToI Staff
US President Donald Trump arrives at the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House after a shooting at the annual White House Correspondents' Association Dinner in Washington, April 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Tom Brenner)
April 26, 2026, 1:21 pm
Netanyahu, Herzog among world leaders ‘shocked’ by shooting at gala attended by Trump
PM condemns ‘attempted assassination’; leaders slam political violence, send well-wishes to US officials and other attendees at White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner
By ToI Staff and Agencies
A bulk carrier ship anchored in the Strait of Hormuz, April 18, 2026. (AP Photo)
April 18, 2026, 9:05 pm
Trump: Iran ‘got a little cute’ by blocking Hormuz again, but talks going ‘really well’
Iranian security council says it will hold strait until ‘war fully ends’; Egypt’s FM says Cairo, Islamabad working on US-Iran ‘final agreement’; report: US to seize Iran-linked ships worldwide
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Combo photo: US President Donald Trump (AP Photo/Alex Brandon); Pro-government demonstrators in Tehran, after a ceasefire announcement, early on April 8, 2026 (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi); Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (Shalev Shalom/Pool)
April 8, 2026, 6:27 am
Trump: US to ‘suspend bombing’ of Iran for 2 weeks while talks held on ‘longterm peace’ deal
Saying ‘everyone’s had enough,’ US president writes ‘double-sided CEASEFIRE’ dependent on Strait of Hormuz reopening. But mediator Pakistan says it’s ‘effective immediately’ and also covers Lebanon, which Netanyahu disputes
By Jacob Magid, Emanuel Fabian and Agencies
Pakistan Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif at the COP27 UN Climate Summit, November 7, 2022, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. (AP Photo/Thomas Hartwell)
March 28, 2026, 3:58 pm
Pakistan’s PM speaks with Iranian president ahead of 4-nation Islamabad peace talks
Shehbaz Sharif says he held ‘detailed’ hour-long call with Masoud Pezeshkian, as Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Turkey — but not Iran or US — prepare to meet for talks on the war
By AFP
Indian army personnel stand next to explosives, carried by a drone, after it was intercepted by India, on the outskirts of Amritsar, on May 10, 2025. (Photo by Narinder NANU / AFP)
May 10, 2025, 10:49 am
India, Pakistan indicate willingness to pull back from brink as conflict escalates
Nuclear-armed neighbors carry out cross-border strikes on military bases; Pakistani forces seen mobilizing toward the frontier; Rubio speaks to both sides, urges calm
By Munir Ahmed, AIJAZ HUSSAIN, SHEIKH SAALIQ and RAJESH ROY
Visiting Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan, left, listens to Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif during a meeting in Islamabad, Pakistan, April 16, 2024. (Prime Minister Office via AP)
April 16, 2024, 8:07 pm
Pakistan and Saudi Arabia call for Gaza ceasefire, lament efforts so far
Meeting counterpart in Islamabad, Saudi foreign minister criticizes ‘wholly insufficient’ endeavors for a deal that would end fighting in Palestinian enclave
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Muslim protesters chant slogans during a rally to denounce the burning of the Quran in Sweden, in Peshawar, Pakistan, July 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Muhammad Sajjad)
July 7, 2023, 3:04 pm
Masses in Pakistan attend anti-Sweden protests after Quran burning in Stockholm
Pakistani PM Shehbaz Sharif calls for activists to turn out at rallies nationwide: ‘When it comes to the Quran, the nation is one’
By Munir Ahmed
An aerial view shows a flooded residential area after heavy monsoon rains in Balochistan province, Pakistan, on August 29, 2022. (Fida Hussain/AFP)
August 29, 2022, 11:18 pm
A third of Pakistan is underwater as tens of millions swamped by deadly floods
Climate Change Minister Sherry Rehman says crisis is of ‘unimaginable proportions’ as death toll rises to 1,136, with more feared dead in mountainous north
By Agencies
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