How Pakistan secured ‘biggest diplomatic win in years’ with US and Iran ceasefire

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Pakistani officials defy sceptics to lead a breakthrough in negotiations and help avert catastrophe in Iran

Pakistan’s leaders had almost lost hope.

After more than two weeks of frantic negotiations, phonecalls and diplomatic summits to try to end the US-Israeli war with Iran, it looked like https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/07/israel-warns-iran-lives-at-risk-if-they-use-trains-trump-deadline">the conflict might instead be escalating into Islamabad’s worst nightmare.

In a cabinet meeting held around 5pm on Tuesday, Pakistan’s prime minister Shehbaz Sharif was morose. “We should brace ourselves for the impact of the war,” he told his cabinet ministers. “The situation has really become very bleak.

The chance of peace has become dim.”

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