Trump and Pezeshkian signed a 14-point MOU on June 18, the Strait is reopening and the nuclear question goes to 60 days of final negotiations.
Trump claimed at the G7 Summit that Afghanistan is now seeking American favour and hinted the US may recover military equipment left behind after the 2021 withdrawal.
Iran and the US signed the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding on June 18, 2026, with Iran reopening the Strait of Hormuz immediately.
The US Department of War announced the Indo-Pacific Command will revert to its former name PACOM, dropping India from America’s key military theatre title.
On February 28, the US and Israel launched strikes on Iran; on June 11, Trump announced a great settlement, in between, 105 days changed the Middle East.
India deploys 670 companies of Central Armed Police Forces for the Amarnath Yatra under Operation SANJY-2026, the largest security mobilisation in pilgrimage history.
Trump confirmed the Strait of Hormuz will be fully open by Friday as G7 leaders also confronted Russia’s missile strikes on Ukraine at the summit.
Pakistan is set to assume the chairmanship of the SCO Council of Heads of State in September and will also host next year’s summit.
Pakistan entered the crisis not as a newcomer to either capital but as a trusted interlocutor with institutional memory on both sides.
With Rs. 18.77 trillion in total expenditure and an ambitious FBR tax target of Rs. 15.26 trillion, Pakistan’s budget walks a fiscal tightrope.
