Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Field Marshal Asim Munir are expected to meet US President Donald Trump on Thursday, September 25, in a bilateral meeting at the White House, sources have told CNN-News18. The Pakistani delegation will travel from New York, where they are attending the UN General Assembly, to Washington for the meeting.
The meeting is being billed as a high-stakes diplomatic effort. Among the agenda items reportedly slated for discussion are rising terrorism in the region, trade and tariff issues, cooperation on rare earth minerals, and broader counterterrorism collaboration. The delegation is also expected to raise matters of “mutual interest" in areas such as regional stability and bilateral ties, according to the sources.
This visit marks the third time in re