How Pakistan broker temporary truce between Iran and the US

 

Pakistan has emerged as a key intermediary between Iran and the United States to secure a temporary ceasefire and host negotiations to end the war in the Middle East.

On Wednesday, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said the United States and Iran — and their allies had — agreed to a ceasefire “everywhere” following mediation by his government.

Sharif said the two-week truce – which Trump and Tehran had announced earlier – would next lead to talks in the Pakistan capital.

“Pakistan achieved one of its biggest diplomatic wins in years,” said South Asia expert Michael Kugelman in an X post.

“It also defied many skeptics and naysayers that didn’t think it had the capacity to pull off such a complex, high stakes feat.”