{"id":538371,"date":"2026-03-27T09:52:55","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T04:52:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?p=538371"},"modified":"2026-03-27T09:52:55","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T04:52:55","slug":"politicians-castigate-indias-jaishankar-for-spiteful-remarks-on-pak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/politicians-castigate-indias-jaishankar-for-spiteful-remarks-on-pak\/","title":{"rendered":"Politicians castigate India\u2019s Jaishankar for spiteful remarks on Pak"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> ISLAMABAD<br \/>\n Indian External Minister for Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar came under heavy criticism from politicians for issuing spiteful remarks about Pakistan over the latter\u2019s mediation role in the ongoing US-Israel war against Iran. During an all-party meeting in India, Jaishankar said that India does not view itself as a \u201cdalaal\u201d (broker) like Pakistan, dismissing Pakistan\u2019s efforts as a mediator between Iran and the US, The News reported on Thursday.<br \/>\n\u201cThere is nothing new in Pakistan\u2019s mediation efforts, as that country has been \u2018used\u2019 by the US since 1981,\u201d Jaishankar said during the all-party meeting convened by the government to discuss the ongoing West Asia crisis. The development comes days after reports suggested that Pakistan is positioning itself as a key mediator to help broker an end to the US-Israel war against Iran through active back-channel diplomacy.<br \/>\nAccording to international media reports, Chief of Army Staff and Chief of Defence Forces Field Marshal Asim Munir recently held a telephonic conversation with US President Donald Trump, with the White House also confirming the contact. Senior Pakistani officials have reportedly been facilitating communication between Tehran and key US interlocutors, including Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner.<br \/>\nReports also suggest that Islamabad is being considered as a potential venue for a high-level meeting between the United States and Iran later this week, with US Vice President JD Vance expected to attend if the proposal materialises. Castigating the Indian foreign minister, Defence Minister Khawaja Asif said that Jaishankar thought of himself as \u201ca hi-fi dalal\u201d, adding that the remarks \u201creflect personal frustration\u201d.\u2014 DNA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD Indian External Minister for Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar came under heavy criticism from politicians for issuing spiteful remarks about Pakistan over the latter\u2019s mediation role in the ongoing US-Israel war against Iran. During an all-party meeting in India, Jaishankar said that India does not view itself as a \u201cdalaal\u201d (broker) like Pakistan, dismissing Pakistan\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-538371","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-top-news"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Politicians castigate India\u2019s Jaishankar for spiteful remarks on Pak<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/politicians-castigate-indias-jaishankar-for-spiteful-remarks-on-pak\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Politicians castigate India\u2019s Jaishankar for spiteful remarks on Pak\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"ISLAMABAD Indian External Minister for Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar came under heavy criticism from politicians for issuing spiteful remarks about Pakistan over the latter\u2019s mediation role in the ongoing US-Israel war against Iran. 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