{"id":845,"date":"2026-05-05T16:26:17","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T16:26:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/diplomag.com.pk\/?p=845"},"modified":"2026-05-05T16:26:21","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T16:26:21","slug":"pm-shehbaz-condemns-drone-strike-on-uae-civil-infrastructure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diplomag.com.pk\/index.php\/2026\/05\/05\/pm-shehbaz-condemns-drone-strike-on-uae-civil-infrastructure\/","title":{"rendered":"PM Shehbaz condemns drone strike on UAE civil infrastructure"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>ISLAMABAD<\/strong>: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has condemned the &#8220;missile and drone attacks on civilian infrastructure&#8221; in the United Arab Emirates in an X post on Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Pakistan stands firmly with our Emirati brothers and sisters as well as with the Government of the United Arab Emirates at this difficult time,&#8221; he wrote on X.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He followed up the message by saying that the ceasefire needed to be upheld and respected to &#8220;allow necessary diplomatic space for dialogue leading to enduring peace and stability in the region.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Authorities in the United Arab Emirates&#8217; Fujairah said on Monday that a fire broke out at the Fujairah Oil Industry Zone following what they described as a drone attack originating from Iran.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Civil defence teams were deployed immediately to contain the blaze, Fujairah Media Office said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The UAE defence ministry said in a post on X, &#8220;The UAE has intercepted three missiles fired from Iran over its territorial waters, with a fourth missile crashing into the sea&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The statement added that, &#8220;The Ministry of Defence affirmed that the sounds heard in different parts of the country are a result of air defence systems engaging threats&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The ministry urged the public to obtain information from official sources and comply with all public safety procedures when warning messages are issued to the public,&#8221; it said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There was no immediate comment from Iran. However, Iranian state media, citing a senior military official, said that Iran had no plan to target the UAE.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has condemned the &#8220;missile and drone attacks on civilian infrastructure&#8221; in the United Arab Emirates in an X post on Tuesday. &#8220;Pakistan stands firmly with our Emirati brothers and sisters as well as with the Government of the United Arab Emirates at this difficult time,&#8221; he wrote on X. He [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":768,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,16,2,9],"tags":[52,34,29,50,20,51],"ppma_author":[27],"class_list":{"0":"post-845","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-latest","8":"category-national","9":"category-pakisstan","10":"category-food","11":"tag-iran","12":"tag-iran-war","13":"tag-pakistan","14":"tag-peace-talks","15":"tag-trump","16":"tag-us"},"authors":[{"term_id":27,"user_id":3,"is_guest":0,"slug":"afnanwasif","display_name":"Web Desk","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/cbec8328241e98fefcd32e00f20f7a6b502086a0b95d395db4b1565c51681914?s=96&d=mm&r=g","0":null,"1":"","2":"","3":"","4":"","5":"","6":"","7":"","8":""}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/diplomag.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/845","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/diplomag.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/diplomag.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diplomag.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diplomag.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=845"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/diplomag.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/845\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":846,"href":"https:\/\/diplomag.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/845\/revisions\/846"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diplomag.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/768"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/diplomag.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=845"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diplomag.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=845"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diplomag.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=845"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diplomag.com.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=845"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}