Video from February 17, 2019, unrelated to current peace talks, shows Pakistani jets greeting MBS on his visit

Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said delegates from the U.S. and Iran were set to start talks in Islamabad on Saturday, as major disagreements threaten to undermine a fragile two-week cease-fire.

A Pakistani man has pleaded guilty to a terrorism charge, saying it was a “morally reprehensible idea” to support the Islamic State group by plotting to kill Jewish people in Brooklyn.

This deployment aims to enhance joint military coordination, elevate operational readiness between the armed forces of both nations, and bolster security and stability at the regional and international levels.

The streets of Islamabad have been emptied by a sudden two-day public holiday, declared to enforce a strict security lockdown in the Pakistani capital.

A nation with a stalled economy, a terrorism problem and two hostile neighbors is set to host the first formal U.S.-Iranian talks since the war began.

ISLAMABAD, April 11 (Reuters) - A U.S. government plane carrying top U.S. officials landed in the Pakistani capital Islamabad on Saturday for peace talks with Iran, two Pakistani sources told Reuters.

China's foreign minister and his Pakistani counterpart will discuss the situation in Iran during the latter's visit to China on Tuesday, China's foreign ministry said.

The U.S. and Iran were to hold negotiations in the Pakistani ⁠capital ⁠Islamabad on Saturday to end their six-week-old war, although Tehran threw ⁠the talks into doubt by saying they could not begin without commitments on Lebanon and sanctions.