Islamabad Talks - News & Discussions

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Update some of the latest news.

On April 11, according to sources, Pakistani Prime Minister Shahbaz and the Iranian negotiating delegation on the 11th ended their meeting, and the Iranian side discussed the prerequisites for negotiations between Iran and the United States.

2. On April 11, local time, on the 11th, according to Pakistani officials, Pakistan is working hard to promote face-to-face direct negotiations between the United States and Iran. If the final negotiations cannot be conducted face-to-face, the Pakistani side will indirectly convey the message. The negotiation time is one day.

3. According to Iranian news on the 11th, the Iranian negotiating delegation met with Pakistani Army Chief of Staff Munir again before meeting with Pakistani Prime Minister Shahbaz on the same day, "there may be a new exchange of information." Iran previously said that Munir had met with the Iranian negotiating delegation "last night".

4. According to New Delhi TV: The meeting between the Iranian delegation and the US delegation is about to start and is expected to take place at 4 p.m.

5. A Pakistani government official said on the 11th that the negotiation process between Iran and the United States is slower than expected and may last longer. At present, the United States seems to be in a hurry to achieve a certain goal, while Iran is not in a hurry.

6. On April 11, according to the White House, on the 11th local time, US Vice President Vance held talks with the Prime Minister of Pakistan.

7. On April 11, White House officials denied reports that the United States had agreed to unfreeze Iranian assets. Previously, Reuters, citing Iranian sources, reported that the United States had agreed to unfreeze Iranian assets frozen in Qatar and other foreign banks.

On April 11, the Pakistani Prime Minister's Office issued a statement on the 11th, saying that Pakistani Prime Minister Shahbaz expressed his appreciation for the constructive contacts between the US and Iranian delegations and hoped that the US-Iran negotiations would become an important step in promoting lasting peace in the region.

9. Iranian Government Spokesperson: Iran will participate in the negotiations with the utmost caution

10. Iranian state television correspondent in Islamabad said that Iran's proposal and bottom line have been forwarded to the Pakistani Prime Minister.

11. According to Iranian state television: Iran's red lines include the Strait of Hormuz, the payment of war reparations, the unfreezing of Iran's frozen assets, and a ceasefire throughout the region.

12. On April 11, Radio and Television of the Islamic Republic of Iran reported on the 11th that the Iranian negotiating delegation held closed-door talks with Pakistani officials in Islamabad on the same day, and the Iranian side emphasized the unfreezing of assets and the realization of a "real ceasefire" in Lebanon.

13. On April 11, Pakistani sources said that the Iranian negotiating delegation put forward the prerequisites for negotiations between Iran and the United States during a meeting with Pakistani Prime Minister Shahbaz on the 11th. The conditions put forward by the Iranian side include full control of the Strait of Hormuz, unfreezing all Iranian overseas assets and accounts, the United States paying for Iran's reconstruction but not participating in the bidding, immediately stopping all attacks, especially against Lebanon, and allowing Iran to use civilian nuclear energy.

14. US President Trump: A huge number of completely empty tankers, some of the world's largest tankers, are heading to the United States, ready to load the world's best oil and gas!

15. U.S. President Trump: Our oil reserves are greater than the combined total of the next two largest oil-producing economies after us, and the quality is higher.

 

[Ali_Baba]

Please lock them in a separate room and let JD Vance talk directly with the Iranians without their constant meddling.
On topic, what role/position does Jared hold officially to be part of such a high-stakes negotiation team, apart from being Trump's son-in-law?

Are both Jared and Witkoff, Trumps "mossad" handlers ? Something is odd for sure.

 

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What are those C130s carrying... Some extra long rods and personnel ?? I would have down played them if it was only the Hercules or the refuelers... But BOTH.. I smell forward deployment... Could be wrong but what you gonna do sue me ?

Told ya so

 

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Messaging is clear if this is true. Raises the probability of a successful continuation of the ceasefire.

 

[Ali_Baba]

Another guest just arrived secretly.

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Finally back to doing something he is good at!

 

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Messaging is clear if this is true. Raises the probability of a successful continuation of the ceasefire.

For All 3,
Us is no longer going to be the only security provider..

Israel will not meddle without dire consequence..

Iran will have to shift from proxy to state building...

 

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Did it return? Did the pandit prayers work?

 

[Ali_Baba]

This will also be a huge PR win for Vance. As most American political pundits are saying that Vance is already playing his cards carefully and doing his part as a means of running for President in future. That's why he had been silent on the whole matter of Iran war and he wants to gain support of his core base as a president who is anti-war. Trump betrayed his core following MAGA base and Vance will take on that role.

Honestly, it is time for Trump to step down now, and let Vance take over .. Trump is obviously mentally not healthy right now, also compromised, and therefore incapable of making the best and right decisions for the USA. I don't think the USA can survive a full term of Trump, let alone the rest of the world.

 

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The high-stakes diplomacy that led to Pakistan hosting US-Iran peace talks​

Umer Nangiana and Sarah Hasan,
BBC News Urdu, Islamabad

BBC / Getty Images

As Pakistan celebrates its success in helping negotiate a two-week ceasefire between the US and Iran, its leaders are preparing to host the peace talks.

A two-day holiday was declared in the country's capital of Islamabad ahead of the talks, which are due to begin on Saturday.

Whether or not they will actually go ahead has yet to be confirmed, but the city has readied itself all the same. The streets have become quieter as about 10,000 police officers and security forces are deployed.

The stakes for the world are high – countries across the globe are keen to see an end to the fighting and the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, a vital artery where about 20% of the global oil supply flowed through before the war.

But they are also high for Pakistan in other ways.

 

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The South Asian nation will face a potential "nightmare scenario" if negotiations collapse, and it gets dragged into fighting with its neighbour Iran, says Abdul Basit, a South Asia expert at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. This could happen as Pakistan signed a mutual defence pact with Saudi Arabia last year - and Islamabad has since "made it clear that it will honour its commitment given to the Saudis", says Basit.

This could result in "three borders of Pakistan [becoming] hot", Basit explains, referring to Pakistan's existing tensions with its other neighbours Afghanistan and India. "And Pakistan is fighting two full-fledged insurgencies in two of the four provinces. Pakistan cannot afford that."

Yet pride and excitement is taking over Pakistani social media, with different memes going viral.

"It is a victory in the sense that no other country in the world was able to broker the ceasefire and we were on the verge of a possible catastrophe. Pakistan averted that," says Basit.

The success is very much needed for a country that has endured years of political unrest, a fragile economy on the brink of a debt default only two years ago, and intense rivalry with India.

So how did Pakistan pull off this feat?

 

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Trump favourite​

Pakistan is in a unique position as it is trusted by the US, Iran and the Gulf countries.

The reconciliation process is led by Pakistan's military chief Asim Munir, whom US President Donald Trump calls his "favourite field marshal", according to Mushahid Hussain Syed, a senator belonging to the ruling party Pakistan Muslim League.

Munir is arguably the most powerful man in Pakistan, a country where the army has long played a predominant role in politics.

Soon after the start of Trump's second term, Munir started building rapport with the US president and gave him "two early wins", says Maleeha Lodhi, a former Pakistan ambassador to the US and UN.

The field marshal, acting on CIA intelligence, handed over the alleged mastermind behind the 2021 Kabul airport bombing when Americans were evacuating from Afghanistan. The suicide attack killed at least 170 Afghans and 13 US service members.

"Trump was so grateful that he mentioned this in his first address to the Congress," Lodhi says.

 

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The alleged mastermind behind the 2021 Kabul airport bombing was handed to
the US soon after the start of Donald Trump's second term as president.

The second win, Lodhi says, was "the way Pakistan conveyed to him that he had played a pivotal role in preventing a wider war with India". Pakistan is one of the few countries that have nominated Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize – which he has long coveted.

"Remember that Trump wasn't really getting much joy from the tariff war that he was imposing practically on every country in the world. So, he really needed what he got from Pakistan."

Pakistan has also promised access to its critical minerals, which the US sees as a national-security interest. In September 2025, Pakistan's Frontier Works Organisation – the country's major miner of critical minerals, which operates under the military – signed a $500m investment deal with a US company. The ceremony took place at the Prime Minister House, with Munir in attendance.