Trump says he will pause strikes on Iran for two weeks after talks with Shehbaz Sharif and Asim Munir, placing Pakistan at the heart of a high-stakes diplomatic push over the Strait of Hormuz and a possible wider peace deal.
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has urged Donald Trump to extend the deadline by two weeks, called for the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, and backed a temporary ceasefire to give diplomacy a real chance in the Middle East.
امریکا ایران موجودہ مذاکرات میں پاکستان واحد مواصلاتی چینل کے طور پر کام کر رہا ہے۔ اسلام آباد نے فوری جنگ بندی کیلئے دو مراحل پر مشتمل فریم ورک تیار کر لیا جو فریقین کے سامنے پیش کیا جا چکا۔ فیلڈ مارشل عاصم منیر رات بھر امریکی نائب صدر، سٹیو وِٹکوف اور ایرانی وزیرِ خارجہ عباس عراقچی کے ساتھ رابطے میں رہے۔
پاکستان، ترکیہ اور مصر ڈونلڈ ٹرمپ کی ایران کیلئے ڈیڈ لائن میں توسیع اور فریقین کے درمیان براہِ راست ملاقات کی راہ ہموار کرنے کیلئے کوشاں ہیں۔ امریکی صدر نے منگل تک معاہدہ نہ ہونے کی صورت میں دھمکی دی ہے کہ وہ ایران کے پاور پلانٹس اور پُلوں کو اڑا دیں گے۔
Just before Donald Trump was due to address the nation on the Middle East conflict, Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian published an open letter to Americans, arguing that Tehran is being falsely cast as a threat and warning that more attacks will bring only suffering, instability and lasting resentment.
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Field Marshal Asim Munir’s military diplomacy helped Pakistan steer US-Iran tensions away from wider regional war through restraint, crisis management and quiet coordination, security sources.
Donald Trump says he will publish and publicly explain the Iran MOU, as the Pakistan-brokered US-Iran framework heads towards formal signing in Switzerland.
JD Vance has said Pakistan and Qatar were involved in the diplomatic sequencing behind the US-Iran peace agreement, with the memorandum of understanding expected to be released around Friday’s formal ceremony.
From crisis, isolation and doubt, Pakistan has stepped into the diplomatic centre of gravity. If the US-Iran peace framework holds, Islamabad will not merely have brokered a deal. It will have reminded the world that nations are not condemned to the reputations others write for them.