ISLAMABAD: United States Vice President JD Vance and his delegation arrived in Islamabad on Saturday morning for the first direct high-level negotiations between Washington and Tehran since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, as Pakistan seeks to transform a fragile two-week ceasefire into a durable end to six weeks of war.
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Islamabad braces for historic US-Iran face off
ISLAMABAD: A high-level Iranian delegation led by Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Ghalibaf and Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi arrived in Islamabad early Saturday for the first direct negotiations between Washington and Tehran since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, as Pakistan attempts to broker an end to the Middle East conflict that has roiled the region since late February.
Bilawal Bhutto Zardari warns of ‘no plan B’ if high-stakes US-Iran talks collapse
ISLAMABAD: Former Pakistani foreign minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said on Friday that the international community has no fallback strategy if weekend peace negotiations between the United States and Iran collapse, urging both sides to seize the current two-week ceasefire and forge a lasting resolution to the conflict that has roiled the Middle East and sent economic shock waves worldwide.
US dispatches Vance to Pakistan for high-stakes Iran negotiations
ISLAMABAD: Vice President JD Vance departed on Friday for Islamabad, leading an American delegation to direct negotiations with Iranian officials in a bid to convert a fragile two-week ceasefire into a more durable accord.
Pakistan hosts high-stakes US-Iran talks in Islamabad as shaky ceasefire strains under disputes over Lebanon and oil flows
By Staff Reporter ISLAMABAD: The streets of Pakistan’s capital lay eerily quiet Friday under a sweeping security lockdown, as authorities prepared to welcome senior American
Pakistan’s top leaders review mediation drive as US and Iranian delegations head to Islamabad for high-stakes talks
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Field Marshal Asim Munir, Pakistan’s chief of army staff and chief of defence forces, met Thursday to review the country’s mediation efforts aimed at forging a lasting peace between the United States and Iran, just a day before delegations from both nations are expected to arrive here for direct negotiations.
China says Pakistan and Afghanistan have agreed to halt escalation after week of talks in Xinjiang
ISLAMABAD: China said on Wednesday Pakistan and Afghanistan have committed to preventing any further escalation in their simmering border conflict, following a week of informal trilateral meetings hosted by Beijing in the Xinjiang region.
US and Iran set for direct talks in Islamabad on Friday, testing fragile two-week truce
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday said delegations from Washington and Tehran would arrive in the Pakistani capital as soon as Friday at his invitation, aiming to transform a fragile two-week ceasefire into a lasting settlement.
Trump and Iran accept Pakistan-brokered two-week pause in fighting, with talks set for Islamabad
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan said on Wednesday that the United States and Iran, along with their allies, had reached an immediate ceasefire across the Middle East, including in Lebanon, after weeks of intensifying conflict that began with American and Israeli strikes on Iranian targets in late February.
Sharif asks Trump to delay Iran deadline by two weeks to salvage diplomacy
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif appealed directly to President Donald Trump on Tuesday to grant Iran a two-week extension on a looming US deadline to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and reach a deal with Washington, warning that failure to allow more time for diplomacy could derail a fragile peace process in the Middle East.