Pakistan, June 5 -- Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday hailed the "true and special relationship" between Pakistan and the United States, which has spanned nearly eight decades and covers bilateral interests in security, counter-terrorism, energy and science, among other fields.

Addressing an event marking the US 250th anniversary, PM Shehbaz noted that Islamabad and Washington had "worked closely at the most consequential moments of our history, whether it be the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in the 1980s or the global war on terror from 2001-2021".

"Last year, following India's unprovoked aggression after the Pahalgam incident, it was President [Donald] Trump's timely and most decisive intervention that resulted in a ceasefire...