Pakistan says talks with Riyadh, Tehran 'encouraging'

Pakistan's foreign minister said Tuesday that Prime Minister Imran Khan's talks with Tehran and Riyadh had been "encouraging" after visits to try to defuse rising tensions in the Gulf.Khan travelled to Iran and Saudi Arabia as a "facilitator" between the arch-rivals, following a series of attacks on oil infrastructure and tankers in recent months that have raised fears of war."Our talks have been encouraging and the response that we got in the two countries was beyond our expectation," Foreign M