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Why Pakistan has emerged as a mediator between US and Iran

ISLAMABAD, March 27, 2026 (AP) — As fears of a wider regional conflict escalate following U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran that began in late February, Pakistan has emerged as an unexpected mediator, offering to help bring Washington and Tehran to the negotiating table. Islamabad isn’t often called on to act as an intermediary in high-stakes diplomacy, but it’s stepped into the role this time for a number of reasons, both because it has relatively good ties with both Washington and Tehran and because it has a lot at stake in seeing the war resolved. Pakistani government officials have said

Nepal’s youngest prime minister takes the oath of office

KATHMANDU, Nepal, March 27, 2026 (AP) — Nepal’s youngest prime minister took the oath of office Friday after his party won a landslide victory in elections earlier this month, and following a youth-led uprising that toppled the government in September. Balendra Shah was appointed prime minister by President Ram Chandra Paudel Friday after his Rastriya Swatantra Party won nearly two-thirds of the seats in the House of Representatives, the lower chamber of parliament, in the March 5 polls. Shah, the 35-year-old political outsider widely known as Balen, will lead a government tasked with navigating deep public frustration with Nepal’s established

No proposal of imposing lockdown: FM Sitharaman

New Delhi, Mar 27 (PTI) Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday said there is no proposal to impose a lockdown in the country in the wake of the West Asia war, and asked politicians to refrain from rumour mongering and creating fear psychosis among the people. The minister also said the government will remain on its “toes” to keep fiscal deficit under check while ensuring the burden of rising global crude oil prices does not fall on the common man. Replying to a discussion on the Finance Bill, 2026, in the Rajya Sabha, the minister said that while several countries

Silver plunges Rs 11,250/kg, gold drops Rs 1,900 in Delhi

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New Delhi, Mar 27 (PTI) Precious metal prices dropped up to 5 per cent, with silver plunging by Rs 11,250 to Rs 2.30 lakh per kilogram, while gold declined to Rs 1.47 lakh per 10 grams in the national capital on Friday. According to the All India Sarafa Association, the white metal slumped Rs 11,250, or nearly 5 per cent, to Rs 2,30,000 per kg (inclusive of all taxes) from Wednesday’s closing level of Rs 2,41,250 per kg. Bullion markets remained closed on Thursday on account of Ram Navami. Gold of 99.9 per cent purity depreciated by Rs 1,900, or

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