Pakistan

Pakistani PM warns of any possible military measure against Iran

TEHRAN, Aug. 04 (MNA) – Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan warned that any mistake or military act against Iran will turn into a quagmire for those involved.

VP Ebtekar meets with Pakistan’s amb. to Tehran

TEHRAN, Jul. 31 (MNA) –Massoumeh Ebtekar, the Vice President for Women and Family Affairs met and held talks with the Pakistani Ambassador to Iran Riffat Masood on the expansion of cooperation among women and the exchange of experiences between the two countries.

Pak Gov. to apply new policy for easing country’s pilgrims’ commute to Iran

TEHRAN, Jul. 27 (MNA) – Ministry of Religious Affairs and Inter-faith Harmony of Pakistan is to apply a new policy to facilitate commute of the country’s pilgrim to Iran and then to Iraq and Syria before October, 2019, i.e. the beginning of Muslim calendar months of Safar and Muharrem.

Iran, Pakistan agree to increase border coop.

TEHRAN, Jul. 24 (MNA) –Iranian and Pakistani officials held a meeting in Mirjaveh to strengthen joint border cooperation.

Deputy FM:

Iran’s exports value to eastern neighbors at over $5bn

TEHRAN, Jul. 21 (MNA) – Deputy Foreign Minister for Economic Affairs Gholamreza Ansari put country’s current exports value to eastern neighboring countries at over $5 to $6 billion.

Regional powers' cooperation increased in forming arrangements: deputy FM

TEHRAN, Jul. 20 (MNA) – Deputy Foreign Minister and Chairman of International Studies Center of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (IPIS) Mohammad Kazem Sajjadpour said that cooperation among regional powers, i.e. Iran, Turkey and Pakistan, has increased and superpowers are not in a position to form regional arrangements.

Iran, Pakistan talk border coop. at 2nd Border Commission session

TEHRAN, Jul. 19 (MNA) – The second session of Iran-Pakistan Higher Border Commission (HBC) was held in Islamabad on 18 July 2019, during which the two sides held constructive discussions for effective implementation of existing border mechanisms.

Iran’s Q1 exports to Pakistan through Pishin crossing reach $40mn

TEHRAN, Jul. 13 (MNA) – Iran exported some 43,500 tons of goods worth $40 million to Pakistan through Pishin border crossing in the southeastern Sistan and Baluchestan province in the first three months of the current fiscal (started on March 21), a senior official said.

Iran, Pakistan to expand scientific coop.

TEHRAN, Jul. 09 (MNA) –Iran’s Minister of Science, Research and Technology meet with Pakistan’s Ministry of Science and Technology on Tuesday in Isfahan.

Industry min.:

Pakistan keen to broaden economic ties with Iran

TEHRAN, Jul. 06 (MNA) – Minister of Industry, Mine and Trade Reza Rahmani said that Pakistani authorities are interested in broadening and developing economic relationship with the Islamic Republic of Iran.

Iran, Pakistan agree to enhance bilateral trades by removing bottlenecks

TEHRAN, Jul. 05 (MNA) – Iran and Pakistan have agreed to strengthen bilateral trade and economic ties and vowed to remove potential hurdles coming in the way, Pakistan's local media reported on Friday.

US-Iran tensions could 'jeopardize' Afghanistan: Pak FM

TEHRAN, Jun. 25 (MNA) – "I think starting another tension in that area with Iran, that borders Afghanistan, can also jeopardise a very delicate situation with Afghanistan", Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said.

Iran ready to transport Pak pilgrims to Iranian holy cities: RAI head

TEHRAN, Jun. 25 (MNA) – The managing director of the Islamic Republic of Iran Railways (RAI) announced on Tuesday that Iran is full ready to transport Pakistani pilgrims via railway to Iranian holy cities of Mashhad and Qom.

Pakistan-Iran freight train service back on track

TEHRAN, Jun. 23 (MNA) – The Pakistan-Iran freight train service has been restored after remaining suspended for four days due to the derailment of nine bogies in Pakistan’s Taftan area, Chagai district.

Iran, Pakistan stress enhancing economic, banking ties

TEHRAN, Jun. 20 (MNA) – Islamic Republic of Iran and Pakistan emphasized the need to broaden and enhance economic and banking ties.

Iran-Pakistan ties growing despite undermining efforts: official

TEHRAN, Jun. 19 (MNA) – Relations between Iran and Pakistan are on an upward trajectory despite efforts by some third countries to undermine them, head of Iran-Pakistan parliamentary friendship group said Tuesday.

Pakistan stresses removing non-tariff barriers in trades with Iran

TEHRAN, Jun. 18 (MNA) – Pakistan Prime Minister’s Advisor on Commerce, Textile, Industries and Production called for removing non-tariff barriers with Pakistan and Iran for promotion of bilateral trade.

Iran calls for facilitating Afghanistan refugees' repatriation

TEHRAN, Jun. 17 (MNA) – Iran's Deputy Interior Minister for Security Affairs Hossein Zolfaghari on Monday called for the implementation of the necessary measures to help Afghan refugees return to their home country.

Iranian parl. delegation arrives in Islamabad to hold talks with Pakistani officials

TEHRAN, Jun. 16 (MNA) – The members of the Iran-Pakistan Parliamentary Friendship Group at the Iranian Parliament arrived in the Pakistani capital of Islamabad Sun. to explore ways to expand bilateral parliamentary relations with Pakistani officials.

Iran hands over 44 illegal immigrants to Pakistan

TEHRAN, Jun. 16 (MNA) – Iranian authorities handed over 44 illegal immigrants to Pakistani local police at Taftan border crossing on Saturday.

ECI held seminar on Khudi philosophy in poetry of Iqbal, Sa’adi in Tehran

TEHRAN, Jun. 13 (MNA) – The Embassy of Pakistan in Tehran in collaboration of ECO Cultural Institute (ECI) organised a seminar on "Philosophy of Khudi in the poetry of Iqbal and Saadi" at ECI on 12 June 2019.

Iran hands over 46 illegal immigrants to Pakistan

TEHRAN, Jun. 11 (MNA) – Pakistani state media has reported that Iranian authorities on Monday handed over 46 illegal Pakistani immigrants to Pakistani local authorities in Baluchistan Province at the Taftan border.

Iran’s consulate general to Quetta:

Launching a banking channel between Iran, Pakistan to strengthen legal trade

TEHRAN, Jun. 10 (MNA) – Consulate General of Islamic Republic of Iran in Pakistan’s Quetta city Mohammad Rafiei said that establishing a banking channel between Iran and Pakistan will strengthen legal trade and prevent goods smuggling between the two countries.

Pakistani businessmen call for creating a banking channel for trade with Iran

TEHRAN, Jun. 01 (MNA) – The members of Quetta Chamber of Commerce and Industry called on Pakistani and Iranian authorities to open a banking channel between the neighboring countries to facilitate bilateral trade.

Iran to coop. with Pak, Afghanistan on Tuberculosis

TEHRAN, Jun. 01 (MNA) – Iran’s Ministry of Health and Medical Education and Bureau for Aliens and Foreign Immigrants Affairs have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on the assessment and promotion of refugees and foreign migrants' health.

Pakistan PM warns against rising tensions in region

TEHRAN, May 25 (MNA) – Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan warned against the risk of conflict in the region, following a visit to Islamabad by Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif.

Iran condemns deadly bomb blast in Pakistan’s Quetta

TEHRAN, May 24 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Abbas Mousavi severely condemned the Friday bomb attack in a mosque in Pakistan’s Quetta which claimed lives of at least three individuals.

Only Donald Trump deserves to be labeled 'terrorist': Zarif

TEHRAN, May 24 (MNA) – The Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has condemned the US President’s move in calling the Iranian people as ‘terrorist nation’, saying only Trump deserves to be called ‘terrorist’.