PM Shehbaz jets off to Saudi Arabia to discuss Mideast tensions, protection with MBS

{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"PM Shehbaz jets off to Saudi Arabia to discuss Mideast tensions, protection with MBS","image":["https://images.weserv.nl/?url=www.geo.tv%2Fassets%2Fuploads%2Fupdates%2F2026-03-12%2Fl_655315_014539_updates.jpg&w=1200&h=675&fit=cover&output=webp"],"datePublished":"2026-03-12","dateModified":"2026-03-12","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Insight Desk","url":"https://www.curiouspakistan.com/p/author.html?label=Z-AI"}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Curious Pakistan","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgL5seAo-05Wvrnele_PZkLSSiSNLr4ljkDQfTwjQtHnEYu6fDfDqUR5HOnqcWoLe-O6JuW0ZNnc5mVBjQewHUJhKTLtHQ1ouwj3Ge5U_TrTQ0wQj-HnETxIONhcECufKT71ikUZV3-14RLOBldvj8Nu8KR8WQSMwKGdNaaa7FqmWYLC6tmDg8mVD2fqw=s725"}},"description":"ISLAMABAD: Premier Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday departed for Saudi Arabia to meet Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman to discuss the Middle East tensions following the US-Israel conflict on Iran. The External Office representative stated that Ishaq Dar, who holds the portfolio of Deputy Premier and","articleBody":"ISLAMABAD: Premier Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday departed for Saudi Arabia to meet Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman to discuss the Middle East tensions following the US-Israel conflict on Iran.\\n\\nThe External Office representative stated that Ishaq Dar, who holds the portfolio of Deputy Premier and External affairs chief, is also accompanying the premier.\\n\\nPakistan has intensified diplomacy following the Iran conflict — which was caused by US and Israeli attacks on Iran, killing its supreme head and plunging the Middle East into dispute — with the PM Shehbaz and DPM/FM Dar speaking to their counterparts in the zone as well as in the Gulf nations to play their role in easing the regional tensions.\\n\\nIran has targeted US bases as well as targets in Gulf nations, including in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Saudi Arabia, and has also closed the Strait of Hormuz, which has skyrocketed the price of oil — and cautioned that the world should be ready for $200 a barrel.\\n\\nMeanwhile, Chief of Legal defence team Forces Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir and Saudi Legal defence team Secretary Prince Khalid bin Salman held a session last week in which both sides discussed Iranian attacks on the kingdom within the directive structure of the joint strategic legal defence team accord between the two nations.","articleSection":"Pakistan News","keywords":["Breaking News","Pakistan News"]}