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Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif to attend Iran supreme leader Ali Khamenei’s funeral

admin — Thu, 02 Jul 2026 11:59:00 +0000

Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif attends a quadrilateral meeting between the U.S., Iran, Pakistan, and Qatar at the Buergenstock Resort Lake Lucerne, near Stansstad, Switzerland. File photo: Nathan Howard/Pool Reuters via AP

Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will attend the funeral of the late Iranian supreme leader Ali Khamenei this week, the South Asian nation’s Foreign Ministry said on Thursday (July 2, 2026).

“The Prime Minister, Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif, will go to Iran and Turkey from July 3-5. He will go to Iran first for [the] supreme leader’s funeral,” Ministry spokesman Tahir Andrabi told reporters.

Pakistan has been mediating between the United States and Iran to end the regional war which began in February with U.S.-Israeli strikes that killed the 86-year-old Iranian supreme leader in Tehran.

Mr. Andrabi reiterated earlier statements from Pakistan and fellow mediator Qatar that U.S.-Iranian indirect talks in Doha this week had made progress and another meeting could take place after Khamenei’s funeral.

The public funeral will begin on Saturday (July 4, 2026), with his body lying in state at the colossal complex in central Tehran that hosts major Friday prayers, official ceremonies and religious gatherings.

Pakistan shares deep historic ties with Iran. The two share a 900-kilometre (560-mile) border and cultural links, with Sunni-majority Pakistan home to the world’s second-largest Shia population after Iran.

Mr. Sharif’s trip to Turkey would involve meetings with Turkish leadership and businesspeople, Mr. Andrabi said.

Published – July 02, 2026 05:29 pm IST

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Israel slams Pakistan Minister Khawaja Asif for ‘outrageous’ comments

admin — Fri, 10 Apr 2026 05:28:00 +0000

Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif. File
| Photo Credit: Reuters

In a strong denouncement of “outrageous” remarks made by Pakistan Defence Minister Khawaja Asif, Israel has raised doubts about his country’s role as a “neutral arbiter”.

“Pakistan Defence Minister’s call for Israel’s annihilation is outrageous,” the Israeli Prime Minister’s Office said in a post on X.

Published – April 10, 2026 10:53 am IST

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Pakistan and Iran say ‘Kashmir issue should be resolved through peaceful means’

admin — Wed, 24 Apr 2024 14:11:29 +0000

In this photo released by Press Information Department, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, left, shakes hand with Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif prior to their meeting at Prime Minister house in Islamabad, Pakistan on April 22, 2024.
| Photo Credit: AP

Pakistan and Iran have agreed that the Kashmir issue should be resolved through “peaceful means based on the will of the people” of the region, said a joint statement issued by the two countries after Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi’s maiden visit on April 24.

President Raisi paid an official visit to Pakistan from April 22-24 at the invitation of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. He was accompanied by a high-level delegation comprising the Foreign Minister Amir Abdollahian, as well as other members of the cabinet and senior officials.

Kashmir found its way into the joint statement issued at the conclusion of President Raisi’s visit to Pakistan.

It stated that taking note of developments at regional and global levels, both sides stressed the importance of peaceful settlement of disputes through dialogue and diplomacy to find mutually acceptable solutions to common challenges.

“Both sides highlighted the need to resolve the issue of Kashmir through dialogue and peaceful means based on the will of the people of that region, and in accordance with international law,” it stated.

India has previously rejected such statements by other countries on the Kashmir issue.

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“The Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir and the Union Territory of Ladakh are and always will be integral and inalienable parts of India. No other country has locus standi to comment on the same,” the spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs has asserted repeatedly.

During a joint press conference after their talks on Monday, Prime Minister Sharif raked up the Kashmir issue and thanked Iran for its stance. However, Iranian President Raisi refrained from mentioning Kashmir and instead talked about Iran’s support for those fighting against oppression especially in Palestine, creating an impression that he had snubbed the desire of the Pakistani leader to say something on the issue.

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