Pakistan said it held productive trade talks with the U.S. in Washington on Friday to advance economic cooperation, according to a statement from the South Asian country's finance ministry.

A total of 21,406 Pakistani citizens are currently imprisoned in 76 countries, according to a briefing by the Ministry of Overseas Pakistanis to the Senate Standing Committee on Overseas Pakistanis, chaired by Senator Zeeshan Khanzada.

Pakistan says its probe into the April 22 Pahalgam attack that killed 26 civilians remains inconclusive, even as the US designates the suspected group, The Resistance Front, as a terrorist proxy of Lashkar-e-Taiba.

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to visit Pakistan in September, two local television news channels reported on Thursday, citing sources familiar with the matter. If confirmed, the visit would be the first by a U.S. president since nearly two decades ago, when President George W. Bush visited Pakistan in 2006.

Stating that the investigation into the Pahalgam attack is "still inconclusive," the statement said, "any linkage with LeT, a defunct organisation banned in Pakistan, belies ground realities".

The meeting in the eastern Chinese city of Qingdao last month was the first time that cabinet ministers from Pakistan and India had been in the same room since a deadly conflict in early May. The defence ministers from the two neighbours were in China under the umbrella of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO),

India has yet to confirm it officially but this was one of a number of its fighter jets that were lost in a four-day conflict with Pakistan in May. The Indian government disputes Pakistan’s claim to have shot down six warplanes,

U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to visit Pakistan in September, two local television news channels reported on Thursday, citing sources familiar with the matter.

The World Championship Of Legends will kick of with host England taking on Pakistan Champions at Edgbaston Cricket Ground. Pakistan legends like Shahid Afridi, Mohammed Hafeez, Shoaib Malilk, will be in action against England greats Eoin Morgan,

Pakistan has extended the closure of its airspace for flights operated by Indian airlines by another month till August 24, the Pakistan Airports Authority (PAA) said.