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View all search resultsPakistan PM says US-Iran ceasefire covers 'everywhere' including Lebanon
"I am pleased to announce that the Islamic Republic of Iran and the United States of America, along with their allies, have agreed to an immediate ceasefire everywhere including Lebanon and elsewhere, EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY," Sharif posted on X.
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Paraguay's President Santiago Pena, Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, Kosovo's President Vjosa Osmani, Argentina's President Javier Milei, Armenia's Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, Bulgaria's former Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov, Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev and Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban applaud as US President Donald Trump holds a signing founding charter at the “Board of Peace“ meeting during the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos on January 22, 2026. US President Donald Trump will show off his new “Board of Peace“ at Davos on January 22, 2026 burnishing his claim to be a peacemaker a day after backing off his own threats against Greenland. (AFP/Mandel Ngan)
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akistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Wednesday that the United States, Iran and their allies had agreed to a ceasefire "everywhere", including Lebanon, following mediation by his government to stop weeks of fighting.
"I am pleased to announce that the Islamic Republic of Iran and the United States of America, along with their allies, have agreed to an immediate ceasefire everywhere including Lebanon and elsewhere, EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY," Sharif posted on X.
He added that Pakistan's capital Islamabad would welcome delegations from both countries on Friday to hold negotiations aimed at reaching a "conclusive agreement".
"We earnestly hope, that the 'Islamabad Talks' succeed in achieving sustainable peace and wish to share more good news in coming days," he said.
Both Tehran and Washington announced they had agreed to a two-week ceasefire barely an hour before the President Donald Trump's deadline to obliterate Iran was set to expire.
Pakistan, which has forged a close relationship with Trump and is sensitive to developments in neighboring Iran, emerged as a channel for messaging between Tehran and Washington in recent weeks.
The war began when Israel and the United States launched strikes on Iran that killed its supreme leader on February 28, sparking retaliatory strikes from Tehran on Gulf nations and Israel.
Lebanon has also been drawn into the conflict after Iran-backed group Hezbollah launched attacks on Israel, which has since carried out strikes, including on the capital, and launched a ground operation in the south of the country.
