Pakistan’s initial motive for developing nuclear weapons — to counter India — gradually evolved into an effort to create an “Islamic bomb” aimed at aiding other Muslim nations, including Iran, according to former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) officer Richard Barlow.

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday said Pakistan was keen to deepen cooperation with Iran—particularly in economic development, bilateral trade and regional stability—as both neighbours continued to stand together on issues of peace, diplomacy, and resistance to state-sponsored terrorism.

Khan, born in undivided India in Bhopal in 1936 and immigrating with his family to Pakistan in 1952 after the partition, was one of the most notorious nuclear smugglers in the world, as he smuggled technology to rogue states like North Korea, Iran and Libya.

PM Shehbaz says Pakistan and Iran are determined to work in cohesion and cooperation for the unity of the Muslim Ummah.

The Speaker of the Iranian Parliament stated that Iran and Pakistan firmly believe in the unity of Muslim Ummah and in the message of global peace.

Pakistan banned a hard-line Islamist party on Thursday, more than a week after heated clashes with police that left at least five people dead.

Former CIA officer Richard Barlow has alleged that US intelligence knew Pakistan was mounting nuclear weapons on its F-16 fighter jets, calling the country’s secret weapons project “the Islamic bomb,

Pakistan has summoned France's ambassador in Islamabad, the foreign office said on Monday, a day after Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan said French President Emmanuel Macron had "attacked Islam".

Foreign Office says Muslim leaders jointly call for urgent humanitarian aid for Palestinians and emphasise rebuilding of Gaza.

Committed to its mission of advancing Islamic banking in Pakistan, BankIslami has further strengthened ‘aik’— the country’s first digital Islamic banking