ISLAMABAD: With Pakistan’s mediation, Iran and the United States were willing to resolve their issues through dialogue before Israel launched a large-scale attack on Iran to sabotage the negotiations.
This was revealed by Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar in the Upper House of the Parliament on Tuesday.
“Yesternight, a very dangerous development took place—yesternight when Israel saw that we would manage to get the two stakeholders to come to the table, it launched a large-scale attack on Iran. Consequently, Iran attacked Saudi Arabia,” he said, adding that Israel’s attack on Iran aimed at sabotaging the dialogue.
“We are happy that both countries accepted Pakistan’s mediation,” Dar said, referring to Iran and the US, at the maiden sitting of the Senate’s 360th session.
Pakistan has been making all-out efforts to bring an end to the ongoing war in the region, exercising “utmost caution” before making its moves, he said.
“We are committed to continue our efforts—to end this war and bring peace in the region—all-out efforts are under way in this regard,” said Dar, who also holds the position of the Leader of the House in the Senate.
He said that Pakistan, being the facilitator and mediator of negotiations in the war, is exercising “utmost caution” before making any move.
However, the DPM said, the situation involving recent attacks in the context of Iran and Saudi Arabia has “further complicated the situation.”
He said Pakistan’s efforts are aimed at reaching a “dignified solution” to the conflict.
Earlier, Leader of the Opposition in Senate Allama Raja Nasir Abbas appreciated Pakistan’s efforts to defuse tension in the region.
He, however, expressed concern over rising petroleum prices, demanding that the government take concrete measures to provide relief to the masses.
Law Minister Azam Tarar said the rise in petroleum prices in Pakistan was the result of “unprecedented” rise in fuel prices in the international market.
The government is taking steps to give relief to the general public to protect them from the impact of increase in the fuel prices, he said.
Apart from that, in an apparently surprising scenario, two members of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s cabinet were found in clear disagreement with one another over the ongoing anti-encroachment drive in the federal capital.
Speaking on a calling attention notice moved by Shahadat Awan from Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), regarding the “establishment of tent settlements alongside the drains/nullahs in sector G-10/2 by unknown individuals who are residing there without any official approvals/identification causing serious security concerns amongst the residence of the area,” Parliamentary Affairs Minister Tariq Fazal Chaudhry took on the Capital Development Authority (CDA) for what he termed as the victimisation of the general public by the CDA in the anti-encroachment drive.
“People are being victimised by the CDA—it is simply unfair to throw the people away from their homes without providing them alternate accommodation,” he said.
Copyright Business Recorder, 2026
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