{"id":18236,"date":"2026-04-17T00:26:04","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T19:26:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/?p=18236"},"modified":"2026-04-17T00:26:04","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T19:26:04","slug":"trump-eyes-islamabad-visit-calls-pa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/2026\/04\/17\/trump-eyes-islamabad-visit-calls-pa\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Eyes Islamabad Visit, Calls Pakistan Leadership \u201cImpressive\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>Trump Eyes Islamabad Visit, Calls Pakistan Leadership \u201cImpressive\u201d<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Washington, D.C. : U.S President<a href=\"http:\/\/@realDonaldTrump\" target=\"_blank\"> Donald Trump<\/a> said on Thursday that the next round of negotiations between the United States and Iran aimed at securing a peace agreement is likely to take place over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to reporters at the White House, Trump expressed optimism about the talks, stating that both sides are \u201cclose\u201d to reaching a deal after weeks of heightened tensions.<\/p>\n<p>The US president also indicated that he may travel to Islamabad if the agreement is finalized there. He praised Shehbaz Sharif and Asim Munir for their roles in facilitating mediation efforts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPakistan has been so great. I might go if the deal is done in Islamabad,\u201d Trump said, commending both leaders for their contributions.<\/p>\n<p>Trump further claimed that Iran has agreed to hand over its stockpile of enriched uranium\u2014referred to by him as \u201cnuclear dust\u201d\u2014which the US believes could potentially be used in the development of nuclear weapons.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s a very good chance we\u2019re going to make a deal,\u201d he added, while cautioning that hostilities could resume if negotiations fail. However, he noted that Iran appears more willing to compromise than before.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the Iran talks, Trump addressed developments in the Middle East, expressing confidence that a ceasefire agreement between Lebanon and Israel could be reached soon, potentially involving Hezbollah.<\/p>\n<p>He also revealed that leaders from Lebanon and Israel may meet at the White House in the coming weeks\u2014an event he described as a significant breakthrough, marking the first such meeting in over four decades.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re going to have a meeting\u2026 Lebanon will be meeting with Israel,\u201d Trump said. \u201cAnd they\u2019re probably going to do it at the White House.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump Eyes Islamabad Visit, Calls Pakistan Leadership \u201cImpressive\u201d Washington, D.C. : U.S President Donald Trump said on Thursday that the next round of negotiations between the United States and Iran aimed at securing a peace agreement is likely to take place over the weekend. Speaking to reporters at the White House, Trump expressed optimism about [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":18237,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2297,2299],"tags":[3775],"class_list":["post-18236","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news","category-world","tag-donald-trump-usa"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18236","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18236"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18236\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18239,"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18236\/revisions\/18239"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18237"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18236"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18236"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newspulse.com.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18236"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}