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Pakistan connected Saturday (April 4, 2026) rejected media reports that its inaugural to facilitate talks betwixt the U.S. and Iran to extremity the ongoing struggle successful West Asia had deed obstacles aft archetypal speech of bid proposals.
Speculation emerged aft a elder authoritative of the Foreign Ministry briefed a prime radical of journalists connected Pakistan’s efforts to find a negotiated colony of the ongoing conflict.
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Foreign Office spokesperson Tahir Andrabi successful a connection rejected the media reports arsenic “baseless” and a “figment of imagination”.
“We person noted respective reports successful the media, including connected societal media, citing alleged authoritative authorities sources regarding the ongoing struggle successful the portion and Pakistan's efforts to beforehand bid and dialogue,” helium said.
“We categorically cull these mendacious insinuations attributed to purported authoritative sources arsenic baseless and a figment of imagination. Any attribution to authoritative sources successful this respect is incorrect.” He said that it was a substance of interest that the briefing held connected Friday astatine the Ministry of Foreign Affairs had been “misrepresented”.
He said that astatine a clip of heightened determination sensitivity, diplomacy requires some discretion and responsibility.
“We truthful impulse each media platforms to workout owed diligence, debar speculation and trust exclusively connected officially issued statements and media readouts for close and timely information,” helium said.
The Dawn paper had reported that the unnamed authoritative said immoderate crushed had been covered, with messages relayed betwixt Washington and Tehran, but the lack of a wide Iranian awesome has slowed momentum astatine this captious stage.
“It is astonishing that contempt the obliteration of important naval, aerial force, and different subject and civilian infrastructure, Iran has not responded positively to calls for negotiations,” the official, who is acquainted with the discussions, was quoted arsenic saying.
He said some Pakistan and China had urged Iran to engage, but “Tehran has truthful acold not conveyed its readiness to instrumentality portion successful the dialogue”.
He added that Pakistani leaders, contempt Tehran not giving a reply, person remained successful interaction with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi.
Earlier Pakistan sprang to enactment aft the warfare started, partially retired of necessity, arsenic it was expected to support Saudi Arabia successful lawsuit of an onslaught by Iran.
Though it has failed truthful acold to put a ceasefire but succeeded to support itself distant from the war.
The U.S. and Israel jointly attacked Iran connected February 28, sidesplitting Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and respective apical commanders.
The retaliation by the Islamic Republic extended the warfare to the full Gulf region. The struggle has taken a large toll connected vigor proviso chains, particularly crossed the Strait of Hormuz.
