Clashes between Pakistan’s police and supporters of Imran Khan persisted outside his home in the eastern city of Lahore.

 Leading foreign policy expert from the United States has told Pakistani policymakers that Islamic Republic of Iran is an important regional state and no political solution of Afghan issue is possible without Iran.

The U.S. special envoy for Afghanistan held fresh talks with Pakistan’s civil and military leadership on Friday, seeking Islamabad’s crucial help to achieve a breakthrough in the ongoing Afghan reconciliation process.

Chief US diplomat for South Asian affairs, Alice Wells, arrived in Islamabad on Sunday on a four-day “crucial” visit, just ahead of the possible peace deal between the US and Afghan Taliban.

'If there is an opportunity for peace, it is today' says Pakistani FM after meeting of Heart of Asia countries

Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi lauding the sacrifices of Pashtuns for the solidarity and defence of Pakistan called upon them to get united and defeat the anti-

Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi while talking to Afghan Deputy Foreign Minister Idrees Zaman in Islamabad on Tuesday reaffirmed Pakistan’s commitment to play its role for the Afghan peace process.

Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan says his country is keen to complete the construction of a much-delayed pipeline designed for receiving Iran’s natural gas, weeks after he paid a visit to the neighboring state.

The gunmen, who killed 14 personnel of Pakistan’s security forces in the southwestern Balochistan province earlier this week, had come from Iran, Pakistan’s foreign minister said on Saturday.

Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi and US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo, during a telephone conversation on Tuesday, stressed the importance of continuing the Afghan peace process, a Foreign Office press release said.

Afghanistan is another area where Pakistan and China hold common views and they are moving ahead jointly to promote Afghan-owned and Afghan-led peace process.

Pakistani Foreign Affairs Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi Monday said that Pakistan, along with other regional and international partners, was playing its role in supporting the peace process in Afghanistan in good faith and as a shared responsibility.

Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Wednesday held a meeting with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov on his trip to Moscow, his last stop on a whirlwind four-nation tour.

Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Saturday welcomed US President Donald Trump’s decision regarding the withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan and reiterated Pakistan’s desire for peace in the region.

Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday revealed that Pakistan has arranged direct talks between the United States and Afghan Taliban on December 17, ahead of the second round of Pakistan-China-Afghanistan trilateral foreign ministers’ meeting scheduled to be held in Kabul on Saturday to discuss the reconciliation process.

While this is the first time Islamabad, which has always looked at India’s role in Afghanistan with suspicion, has said that India’s “cooperation” is “needed”, South Block is not impressed.

Pakistan’s foreign minister (FM) Shah Mahmood Qureshi will visit next Saturday, according to reports.