Pointing to constant intervention by the European and Western nations, Pakistan's Defence Minister Khawaja Asif has said that he is hopeful that the Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline project will be completed and that no obstacle would hamper the process, according to Geo News.
Quite similar to balancing on a sea-saw, Pakistan is also dangling between maintaining its relationship with both Saudi Arabia, and Iran amid regional security concerns and persistent economic challenges.
In a post on social media platform X, the organization stated that the situation in Afghanistan and its bordering countries will be challenging in 2024.
The Taliban-led Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation has said that more than 96,000 migrants have been returned to the country from Iran, Pakistan, and Turkey in the course of one month, according to TOLOnews.
He said on January 16, 18, both Iran and Pakistan bombed the mud houses of unarmed Baloch citizens with missiles and drone attacks in a preplanned war aggression in which 12 Baloch were martyred and many others were injured, including women, children and elderly.
Earlier today, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian arrived in Islamabad on the invitation of his Pakistani counterpart Jalil Abbas Jilani, amid strain in relations following the recent tit-for-tat strikes launched by the two countries.
Pakistan on January 17 withdrew its ambassador from Iran and announced that it would not allow the Iranian envoy visiting his home country at that time to return to protest at a "blatant breach" of its sovereignty after Tehran said it launched missile attacks on militant bases in southwester
Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian will visit Pakistan on January 29. His decision to visit Pakistan comes after tensions escalated between the two nations following Islamabad's retaliatory strikes inside Iran.
The chief of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazl-ur-Rehman emphasised on Friday the importance of taking "positive steps" to address the concerns between Pakistan and Iran in light of cross-border incursions and increased tension in the region, according to ARY News.
This comes as the Pakistani minister held a telephonic conversation with his Iranian counterpart Hossein Amir Abdollahian on Friday and stressed the territorial integrity and sovereignty of both countries.
Pakistan after conducting the missile strikes sent a reconciliation message to Iran and told the neighbouring country that it had no interest in further escalating the tensions.