Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif flew to Jeddah on March 12, 2026, for urgent talks with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman — praising the Kingdom’s restraint in not joining the US-Israeli military campaign against Iran and pressing the case for immediate Iran war de-escalation through diplomatic channels. The Iran war de-escalation message delivered by PM Shehbaz in Jeddah reflects Pakistan’s increasingly active role as a bridge-builder in the Middle East crisis — a country with deep ties to both the Islamic world and Western-aligned powers, urgently seeking to prevent the…
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