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Bangladeshi citizen Noor-e-Alam Chowdhury shows a Rs100 note during an interview with Arab News in Islamabad, Pakistan, on 17 April 2026. Photo: Collected

1950s Pakistani Rs100 banknote returns home from Bangladesh after decades

The note, printed in English, Urdu and Bangla, dates back to a period when present-day Bangladesh and Pakistan were part of one country.

A security guard patrols outside the Aiwan e Sadr (Presidential Palace) ahead of Iran–U.S. talks in Islamabad, Pakistan, 9 April, 2026. Photo: REUTERS/Asim Hafeez

Iran yet to confirm Islamabad talks as ceasefire ends tomorrow

Chess pieces are seen in front of displayed Iran's and US flags in this illustration taken January 25, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration

Key sticking points in US-Iran negotiations ahead of Islamabad talks tomorrow

Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif meets with Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, as delegations from the United States and Iran are expected to hold peace talks, in Islamabad, Pakistan,11 April, 2026. Photo: Reuters

Iran thanks Pakistan after Islamabad talks, says US failed to gain trust

US Vice President JD Vance, walks with Pakistan's Chief of Defence Forces and Chief of Army Staff Field Marshal Asim Munir, Pakistani Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar, Charge d'Affaires of the US Embassy in Islamabad Natalie A Baker, and Pakistan's Interior Minister Mohsin Raza Naqvi, after arriving for talks with Iranian officials in Islamabad, Pakistan

Pakistan calls for constructive US-Iran talks as Vance reaches Islamabad

Photo: Collected

US-Iran: More than four decades of enmity

US President Donald Trump delivers an address to the nation about the Iran war at the White House in Washington, DC, US on 1 April 2026. Photo: Alex Brandon/Pool via REUTERS

'No nuclear weapons': Trump lays out terms, says Hormuz will reopen with or without Iran's assistance

Graves are being prepared after a strike on a school in Minab, Iran, March 2, 2026. Iranian Foreign Media Department/WANA/Handout via REUTERS

'Minab 168' flight carries memory of school strike victims to US-Iran peace talks in Islamabad

A security guard patrols outside the Aiwan e Sadr (Presidential Palace) ahead of Iran–U.S. talks in Islamabad, Pakistan, 9 April, 2026. Photo: REUTERS/Asim Hafeez

Shadow of Israel looms over US-Iran 'peace talks' in Pakistan

A screengrab of Islamabad. Photo: Google Map

Suicide bomber kills 31 in Shia mosque in Pakistan's capital, officials say

Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif says Afghanistan gives shelter to Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan, and alleged India gives them backing. Photo: AFP

Pak Taliban group claims Islamabad bombing, Sharif blames India & Afghanistan

Police officers and ambulances on the road, that is cordoned off, after a blast outside a court building in Islamabad, Pakistan, 11 November 2025. Photo: Reuters

Suicide bombing in Pakistan capital kills 12, raises regional tension

Security force personnel fire tear gas shells to prevent an anti-government rally by supporters of the former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan's party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) in Islamabad, Pakistan, November 26, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro

Pakistani forces launch midnight raid on ex-PM Imran Khan's supporters: local media reports