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Donald Trump met Shehbaz Sharif and Asim Munir at the White House, praising them as great leaders amid trade deals and ongoing discussions on the Israel Hamas war in Gaza.
Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif, Army Chief Asim Munir Meet Donald Trump.
US President Donald Trump on Thursday met Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and army chief Asim Munir in the White House.
Before the meeting, Trump praised the visitors as “great leaders.”
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While speaking to the reporters, the US President said, “We have a great leader coming, the Prime Minister of Pakistan and the Field Marshal. Field Marshal is a very great guy, and so is the Prime Minister, both, and they’re coming, and they may be in this room right now. I don’t know, because we’re late.”
Sharif was among senior officials from eight Islamic nations who met with Trump on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly this week to discuss strategies to end the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza.
The meeting follows a trade deal between the US and Pakistan and comes shortly after the leaders briefly met at the UN General Assembly in New York.
Earlier, in July this year, the US and Pakistan signed a trade agreement aimed at opening Pakistan’s largely untapped oil reserves to US investment and lowering tariffs for Islamabad.
Trump’s intensifying ties with Pakistan are notable because he has previously called the country “a terrorist safe haven” that has deceived the US.
Pakistan’s army chief has visited the US twice recently and even nominated Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize.
Trump has often asserted that he played a role in reducing military tensions between India and Pakistan, claiming he brokered peace during India’s Operation Sindoor, launched in response to the Pahalgam terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir.
New Delhi, however, has consistently rejected any third-party role in the ceasefire with Islamabad, insisting that issues such as cross-border terrorism must remain bilateral.
On May 7, India launched Operation Sindoor in retaliation for the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack that killed 26 people. The Indian military struck terrorist infrastructure across Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir, killing over 100 terrorists, according to official accounts.
Since May 10, Trump has repeatedly asserted that he “helped resolve” the escalation by telling both countries the US would pursue “significant trade” with them if they chose to de-escalate.
India has publicly rejected that affirmation, asserting that the ceasefire was reached after Pakistan’s DGMO directly contacted its counterpart in New Delhi, urging it to halt escalation.
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September 26, 2025, 07:47 IST
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