Pakistan, June 21 -- Prime Minister Mian Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif received a telephone call from U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Friday.

During their warm and cordial conversation, Sharif conveyed his best wishes for President Donald Trump. He praised the President for his bold leadership and appreciated Secretary Rubio's proactive diplomacy that played a pivotal role in helping Pakistan and India to arrive at a ceasefire understanding and averting a major catastrophe between the two nuclear armed states.

The Prime Minister added that President Trump's positive statements about Pakistan were most encouraging for a durable peace in South Asia, which could only be made possible by initiating meaningful dialogue between Pakistan and ...