Iranian delegation set to meet Pakistani premier ahead of talks with US side: Sources

The Iranian delegation in Islamabad is set to meet Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif ahead of talks with US negotiators later on Saturday to permanently end the war that began on Feb. 28, sources told Anadolu.

Iran's semi-official ISNA news agency reported the meeting will be held at the prime minister’s office.

Iranian parliament's speaker Bagher Ghalibaf and his team, including Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and deputy to the National Security Council Ali Bagheri Kani, among others, reached Islamabad earlier in the day.

The US delegation, meanwhile, is led by Vice President JD Vance and also includes special envoy Steve Witkoff and President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner.

The two delegations and their support staff are staying in hotels and other establishments in the Pakistani capital.

Islamabad has readied the prime minister’s office, a private hotel as well as a security site for the US-Iran talks expected to begin 1000GMT.

Pakistan is hosting the landmark negotiations expected in direct and indirect formats, dubbed the "Islamabad Talks" -- the most significant since 1979 -- to end the extensive Middle East conflict amid a fragile two-week ceasefire.