Published on, Aug. 21 -- August 21, 2025 8:33 AM

Pakistan's petroleum minister on Wednesday invited US companies to take part in a fresh round of oil and gas exploration bids, underscoring growing economic cooperation between Islamabad and Washington after years of strained ties.

Pakistan-US ties have swung between cooperation and distrust over the last decade, with relations particularly frayed under President Joe Biden.

Washington repeatedly pressed Islamabad to crack down on militant sanctuaries in Afghanistan while accusing Pakistan's intelligence services of maintaining links with the Afghan Taliban, which Islamabad denied. Pakistan, for its part, bristled at being sidelined in US strategy for Afghanistan's exit in 2021 and later ...