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Tahir Andarabi

Pakistan invited to participate in US–Iran talks: Foreign Office confirms

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Pakistan invited

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Foreign Office has confirmed that Islamabad has been invited to participate in talks between the United States and Iran.

Foreign Office Spokesperson Tahir Andarabi said that Pakistan has received a formal invitation to attend the US–Iran negotiations.

According to diplomatic sources, the talks are scheduled to take place this week in Istanbul. The sources revealed that the negotiations were made possible through back-channel diplomatic efforts, with Pakistan and Türkiye playing a key role in facilitating the process.

Meanwhile, a foreign news agency quoted Iranian officials as saying that US–Iran nuclear talks will resume on Friday in Türkiye. The negotiations had remained stalled since May 2023, following five previous rounds.

A regional official stated that Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Oman, Pakistan, Egypt, and the United Arab Emirates have also been invited to Istanbul to attend the talks.

Iranian diplomatic sources said Tehran is neither optimistic nor pessimistic about the Istanbul negotiations, adding that the talks will determine whether the United States is serious about pursuing meaningful and result-oriented dialogue.

The Iranian sources further emphasized that Iran’s defensive preparedness remains at its highest level, stressing that the country is ready for any situation and that Iran’s defense capabilities are non-negotiable.

Ex-Bangladesh PM Hasina’s sentence ‘Internal matter’, says Pakistan FO

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Ex-Bangladesh

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has described the recent death sentence of former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina as an internal matter, emphasizing that Bangladeshis are capable of addressing their own issues.

Speaking at a media briefing, Foreign Office spokesperson Tahir Andarabi said Pakistan does not consider it appropriate to interfere in the matter.

He emphasized that the people of Bangladesh are capable of resolving issues through democratic and constitutional processes, and Pakistan remains committed to maintaining and fostering better bilateral relations between the two countries.

It should be remembered that during the regime of Sheikh Hasina Wajid, last year there was an attempt to crush the nationwide protest of students with force, as a result of which around 1400 people were killed while thousands were injured.

In the International Crimes Tribunal of Bangladesh, the case against Sheikh Hasina Wajid and her fellow former ministers was conducted and the court declared them guilty of crimes against humanity and sentenced former Prime Minister Hasina Wajid and her six associates to death.

It should be noted that the 78-year-old former prime minister Hasina Wajid had left her government and homeland and fled to her friend country India in a plane before the growing protest of students and entering the government houses in Dhaka in August last year and has been living a hidden life there for more than a year.