Overview
- Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif met President Ilham Aliyev in Baku with Pakistan’s army chief present, and both sides agreed to broaden cooperation across politics, trade, energy, connectivity and defence.
- Pakistani troops marched and JF‑17 fighter jets flew in Azerbaijan’s Victory Day parade, signaling visible military solidarity alongside Turkiye.
- Addressing the parade, Shehbaz said Pakistan seeks peace but will not allow challenges to its sovereignty, and he asserted that Pakistani forces downed seven enemy aircraft during the May conflict with India.
- In Islamabad, Acting President Yousuf Raza Gilani and Prime Minister Shehbaz hosted Iran’s parliamentary speaker, with both sides calling for stronger parliamentary, economic and cultural ties as Tehran thanked Pakistan for support during the recent Iran‑Israel hostilities.
- Aliyev accepted Shehbaz’s invitation to visit Pakistan, and the prime minister has returned to Islamabad after the two‑day Azerbaijan trip.