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US-Pakistan relations

A police officer standing guard ahead of possible negotiations between the United States and Iran, Islamabad, Pakistan, April 10, 2026. (Anjum Naveed/AP)
April 10, 2026, 11:04 am
Pakistan emerges as a key international player as it mediates between US and Iran
Islamabad has close ties with Tehran and DC, unlike previous negotiators, which have come under fire from Iran in the war; Pakistan does not recognize Israel; Netanyahu has said they should not be enemies
By Munir Ahmed and E. EDUARDO CASTILLO
FILE - In this April 2, 2018, file photo, Pakistan's then-Foreign Minister Asif listens to a reporter at the Foreign Ministry in Islamabad, Pakistan. (AP/B.K. Bangash)
April 10, 2026, 9:54 am
Pakistan’s defense minister calls Israel ‘cancerous’ ahead of US-Iran talks in Islamabad
Netanyahu, Sa’ar denounce since-deleted post by Khawaja Asif against ‘state created on Palestinian land to get rid of European Jews,’ days into Pakistan-brokered ceasefire
By Jacob Magid and ToI Staff
US President Donald Trump, left, listens as Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif speaks during a summit on Oct. 13, 2025, in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt. (AP/Evan Vucci)
March 27, 2026, 12:01 pm
Why Pakistan has emerged as a key mediator between US and Iran
With Gulf states under fire, Islamabad steps into unlikely role of interlocutor between US, Iranian officials in apparent bid to stem rising oil prices and preserve domestic calm
By Munir Ahmed and E. EDUARDO CASTILLO
Pakistan's Chief of Defense Forces and Army Chief Field Marshal Asim Munir, center, Pakistan Naval Chief Admiral Naveed Ashraf, left, and Pakistan Air Force Chief Air Chief Marshal Zaheer Ahmed Babar attend a guard of honor ceremony at the joint military command headquarters in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, December 8, 2025. (Inter Services Public Relations via AP)
December 17, 2025, 8:38 am
US presses Pakistan to join Gaza force, testing powerful military chief’s authority at home
Field Marshal Munir is expected to discuss stabilization force with Trump in coming weeks, with Pakistani participation likely to trigger domestic backlash among Islamists
By Reuters and ToI Staff
A Pakistani paramilitary soldier, right, and Taliban fighters stand guard on their respective sides at a border crossing point between Pakistan and Afghanistan, in Torkham, in Khyber district, Pakistan, August 21, 2021. (AP Photo/Muhammad Sajjad)
August 23, 2021, 9:12 pm
Taliban takeover could open new chasm in US-Pakistan ties
Pakistani ex-envoy says Islamabad wants credit for bringing Afghan insurgents to negotiating table but is remembered in Washington for its ‘role in allowing the Taliban to survive’
By Shaun Tandon
Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, the alleged mastermind behind Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl's kidnap-slaying, appears at the court in Karachi, Pakistan, March 29, 2002. (Zia Mazhar/AP)
March 25, 2021, 12:36 pm
Man convicted then acquitted in Daniel Pearl killing to leave Pakistan prison
But court says Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, convicted of planning abduction and beheading of Jewish journalist, should remain in jail staff’s quarters during appeal process
By Agencies
Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, the alleged mastermind behind Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl's kidnap-slaying, appears at the court in Karachi, Pakistan, March 29, 2002. (Zia Mazhar/AP)
March 22, 2021, 11:13 pm
Man acquitted in Daniel Pearl’s killing moved to Pakistan safe house
Police say Ahmad Saeed Omar Sheikh, who was on death row for 18 years before being acquitted of murdering the US journalist, transferred for safety reasons
By Agencies
Daniel Pearl was a journalist for The Wall Street Journal. (The Daniel Pearl Foundation)
February 2, 2021, 12:06 pm
Pakistan orders man acquitted in Pearl murder off death row and into safe house
Father of Pakistani-British man Ahmad Saeed Omar Sheikh, previously convicted of planning abduction and beheading of US Jewish journalist, says it’s a ‘step toward freedom’
By KATHY GANNON
A police van is driven out from the Karachi Central Prison where British-born Pakistani Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, who was charged, convicted and later acquitted in the 2002 murder of American journalist Daniel Pearl, is detained, in Karachi, Pakistan, Friday, Jan. 29, 2021. Pakistan is scrambling to manage the fallout of a Supreme Court decision to free the Pakistani-British man accused in the 2002 beheading of American Journalist Daniel Pearl. The Sindh Provincial government on Friday filed a review petition, asking the same court to revisit its decision. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)
January 29, 2021, 10:27 pm
Pakistan prosecutors in last ditch effort to stop release of Daniel Pearl killer
Blinken calls Pakistani foreign minister to press for ways to ‘ensure accountability for convicted terrorist Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh and others responsible’
By AFP
Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, the alleged mastermind behind Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl's kidnap-slaying, appears at the court in Karachi, Pakistan, March 29, 2002. (Zia Mazhar/AP)
January 29, 2021, 2:53 am
US ‘prepared to prosecute’ man acquitted in Pakistan of murdering Daniel Pearl
Biden administration calls on Pakistani government to allow US to try Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, convicted of planning abduction and beheading of Jewish journalist
By AFP
In this March 29, 2002, photo, Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, the alleged mastermind behind Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl's kidnap-slaying, is escorted by police in Karachi, Pakistan. (Aamir Qureshi/AFP)
January 28, 2021, 11:28 am
Pakistan court orders release of man accused of killing journalist Daniel Pearl
Reporter’s family decries decision as a ‘danger to journalists everywhere’; defense lawyers say Sheikh was used as a scapegoat
By KATHY GANNON
Daniel Pearl was a journalist for The Wall Street Journal. (The Daniel Pearl Foundation)
June 29, 2020, 11:47 pm
Pakistan could soon free convicted kidnapper of US reporter Daniel Pearl
Supreme Court has refused to suspend a lower court’s ruling exonerating Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh before 90-day detention order expires
By KATHY GANNON
Mumbai massacre mastermind Hafiz Saeed. (AP/Anjum Naveed)
November 26, 2019, 10:14 pm
Pompeo urges justice for victims of 2008 Mumbai attacks on anniversary
Pakistan has detained and released alleged mastermind Hafiz Saeed on and off for more than a decade
By Agencies
Hafiz Saeed, founder of Pakistani religious group Jamaat-ud-Dawa, addresses an anti-Indian rally in Lahore, Pakistan, October 26, 2018. (K.M. Chaudary/AP)
July 17, 2019, 3:52 pm
Pakistan arrests US-wanted terror suspect in Mumbai attacks
Hafiz Saeed founded group blamed for coordinated assault that killed 166 people, including six at local Chabad house
By AP and ToI Staff
Indian police officers pay tribute to the victims of the Mumbai terror attacks at a memorial in Mumbai, India on Nov. 26, 2018. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
November 26, 2018, 12:27 pm
Mumbai attacks anniversary draws solemn tributes and new pressure on Pakistan
As India marks 10 years since Islamist gunmen killed 166 people in 3-day rampage, US makes new reward offer for terrorists” capture
By Peter HUTCHISON
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