Pakistan, Nov. 11 -- Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar on Tuesday called for a stronger role for diplomacy, dialogue and multilateral cooperation in addressing growing global tensions, saying Pakistan will safeguard its sovereignty and national interests while continuing to work for regional peace and economic prosperity.

Addressing the Margalla Dialogue 2026 on the theme "Global Order in Transition: Navigating Strategic Uncertainty", Ishaq Dar said the changing international landscape was marked by intensifying great-power rivalries, prolonged conflicts, weakening arms control arrangements and growing links between geopolitics and economic competition.

He warned that instability in regions such as the Gulf and the Re...