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Pakistan FM: 'Imperative' for US, Iran to uphold ceasefire

Published: 05:04 AM,Apr 12,2026 | EDITED : 09:04 AM,Apr 12,2026

U.S. Vice President JD Vance talks with Pakistan's Chief of Defence Forces and Chief of Army Staff Field Marshal Asim Munir and Pakistani Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar after arriving for talks with Iranian officials in Islamabad, Pakistan, Saturday, April 11, 2026.
 
U.S. Vice President JD Vance talks with Pakistan's Chief of Defence Forces and Chief of Army Staff Field Marshal Asim Munir and Pakistani Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar after arriving for talks with Iranian officials in Islamabad, Pakistan, Saturday, April 11, 2026.


Islamabad - Pakistan's foreign minister insisted on Sunday that Washington and Tehran must uphold a ceasefire agreement, after marathon talks between the two sides to end the war in the Middle East failed to reach an agreement.
'The parties must continue to uphold their commitment to the ceasefire,' said Ishaq Dar, whose government hosted the talks and acted as a mediator.
'Pakistan has been and will continue to play its role to facilitate engagement and dialogue between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the United States of America in the days to come,' he said in a brief statement broadcast by state media.