On the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, a meeting is being quietly arranged for September 25 between Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and US President Donald Trump, with the army chief Asim Munir expected in the room. Such encounters often carry more weight than their agendas suggest, since they gather floods, a strike on Qatar, and a long-bruised rivalry with India into a single conversation. As yet the meeting is only reported, not confirmed, and it remains to be seen whether the claims over an earlier ceasefire will surface when the leaders speak.
Shehbaz Sharif may meet Trump at UNGA with Asim Munir in tow, floods and India ties on agenda
Pakistan's devastating floods have affected populations, and the Pahalgam terror attack killed 26 people, per the report.
On the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, a meeting is being quietly arranged for September 25 between Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and US President Donald Trump, with the army chief Asim Munir expected in the room. Such encounters often carry more weight than their agendas suggest, since they gather floods, a strike on Qatar, and a long-bruised rivalry with India into a single conversation. As yet the meeting is only reported, not confirmed, and it remains to be seen whether the claims over an earlier ceasefire will surface when the leaders speak.
A meeting is being lined up for September 25 on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York. According to Geo News, Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif is expected to sit down with US President Donald Trump, with Field Marshal Asim Munir, Pakistan's army chief, likely present.
The agenda reportedly includes the devastating floods in Pakistan, the fallout from Israel's attack on Qatar, and relations with India. Those ties have been poor since April 22, when a terror attack at Pahalgam killed 26 people, prompting India's Operation Sindoor and a brief military standoff in May.
Trump has repeatedly credited himself with brokering the ceasefire that ended that standoff, a claim Delhi firmly denies. The report does not say whether it will come up in New York. Qatar and Saudi Arabia are reportedly helping to arrange the meeting, though the details of their roles are not given.
The meeting has not been confirmed. What to watch is whether it is formally announced, who sits at the table, and whether the ceasefire dispute resurfaces afterward.
A meeting is being lined up for September 25 on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York. According to a report by Geo News, Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif is expected to sit down with US President Donald Trump, and Field Marshal Asim Munir, Pakistan's Chief of Army Staff, is likely to be in the room.
The report, as relayed by India Today, says the two leaders are expected to cover a wide agenda. It includes the devastating floods in Pakistan and the fallout from Israel's attack on Qatar. The coverage does not give detail on what Pakistan might ask of Washington on the floods, or on what position it would take on the Qatar strike.
The relationship between India and Pakistan is also reported to be on the list, according to Pakistani media. That relationship has been in a poor state since April 22, when a terror attack at Pahalgam killed 26 people. India responded by launching Operation Sindoor, striking what it described as terror camps in Pakistan and in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir. The two countries were briefly locked in a military standoff in May before agreeing to stop military activity.
That ceasefire carries its own dispute. Trump has repeatedly credited himself with brokering it. Delhi has firmly denied that claim. Whether the subject comes up in New York is not stated in the report, but it sits close to the India-Pakistan item on the reported agenda.
The timing is notable. The meeting comes as the United States has shown interest in building closer trade ties with Pakistan, a backdrop that gives the encounter commercial as well as diplomatic weight.
Geo News also reported that the meeting is being arranged with the consultation and backing of Qatar and Saudi Arabia. That detail places two Gulf states in the role of facilitators, though the report does not spell out what exactly each has done.
It is worth being clear about what this is. The meeting has not been confirmed in the material available; the account rests on Geo News, passed along by India Today, and uses language such as likely and expected. The presence of Munir, the army chief, alongside an elected prime minister is part of the reported plan, not an announced fact.
What to watch next is whether the meeting is formally confirmed, who ends up at the table on September 25, and whether Trump's ceasefire claim, which Delhi rejects, resurfaces in what either side says afterward.
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