🇵🇰/🇦🇪 - Monitoring: Neither Pakistan nor the United Arab Emirates has explicitly referenced each other in their respective official statements regarding ongoing Middle East peace efforts.

Additionally, the United Arab Emirates appears to be the only Gulf state that has not formally acknowledged Pakistan efforts for the current U.S.–Iran peace talks in its public statements, whereas other Gulf countries have expressed support for Pakistan’s engagement.

🇵🇰/🇺🇸 - 'US credibility on the line’ ahead of Islamabad talks: Ex-Pakistan ambassador.

Continuing her remarks to Al Jazeera, former Pakistani Ambassador to the United Nations, Maleeha Lodhi, said the onus is on the US and Trump “to ensure that Israel doesn’t sabotage” the upcoming talks in Islamabad.

“It’s not Pakistan’s credibility that’s on the line. It’s America’s credibility that’s on the line, because it’s the Americans who assured us this ceasefire will hold, and that there would be nothing done provocatively to derail the ceasefire or derail the talks,” said Lodhi.

"This is not entirely in Pakistan’s control,” she added. “Pakistan after all is not a party [to the conflict], it’s an interlocutor, it’s a mediator… but it’s up to the two principal parties to now figure out how the talks go ahead."

🇵🇰🇮🇷 - NEW: Pakistan will provide fighter jet escort, along with AWACS and electronic warfare cover, for the Iranian delegation traveling to Pakistan and returning to Iran, local media reports.

🇵🇰🇺🇸 - MORE: PAF F-16s will provide a ceremonial escort for Air Force Two carrying JD Vance, with either four or six jets on each side.

Combat air patrols will extend to the south, southwest, and east to secure the airspace against any potential threats, including long-range engagements targeting the aircraft.

🚨🇺🇸/🇮🇷/🇵🇰 - NEW: US Vice President JD Vance and Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf will arrive in Pakistan tonight - GEO.

🚨🇺🇸/🇮🇷/🇵🇰 - Unlike earlier rounds, US-Iran talks in Pakistan will also include senior security officials, Al-Mayadeen reports.

The U.S. delegation features CENTCOM Commander Brad Cooper, while Iran’s team includes National Security Council Chair Mohammad Baqer Zulqadr.

🇵🇰🇱🇧⚡️🇮🇱 - Pakistan said Lebanon Prime Minister Nawaf Salam had sought Islamabad's support for bringing an immediate end to the attacks targeting Lebanon and its people in a phone call with Pakistan's prime minister, Shehbaz Sharif.

"... Pakistan was engaged in sincere efforts for regional peace and it was in this spirit that the peace talks between Iran and the U.S. were being convened," Sharif told Salam, according to a statement from Pakistan's Prime Minister Office.

🔎 🇵🇰🇸🇦 - Two IL-78 MRTT aircraft and three C-130 Hercules from the Pakistani military have landed at King Abdulaziz Air Base in Saudi Arabia.

This represents a notable deployment, likely involving roles such as aerial refueling, logistical support, and potentially troop transport.

The last similar sorties were observed on March 29, when aircrafts operated out of Southern Command bases, focusing on aerial security along Pakistan’s coastal belt (bordering Iran).

🇵🇰🇱🇧⚡️🇮🇱 - Pakistani envoy to the Security Council: I do not know why there was ambiguity about Lebanon being included in the agreement, as it was clearly part of the statement.

🇵🇰📞 - Pakistan’s Prime Minister has held a series of telephone conversations over the past 36 hours as Islamabad spearheads US-Iran diplomacy:

🇮🇷 Iran
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia
🇴🇲 Oman
🇰🇼 Kuwait
🇧🇭 Bahrain
🇶🇦 Qatar
🇹🇷 Turkey
🇪🇬 Egypt
🇿🇦 South Africa
🇪🇸 Spain
🇫🇷 France
🇱🇧 Lebanon
🇦🇹 Austria
🇦🇺 Australia
🇺🇿 Uzbekistan

📵 Notably absent from the list:
🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates

🇵🇰⚡️🇮🇱 - Pakistan's defence minister on X:

Israel is evil and a curse for humanity, while peace talks are underway in Islamabad, genocide is being committed in Lebanon. Innocent citizens are being killed by Israel, first Gaza, then Iran and now Lebanon, bloodletting continues unabated. I hope and pray people who created this cancerous state on Palestinian land to get rid of European jews bu*n in hell.

- X

🚨🇵🇰🇸🇦🇮🇷 - NOW: According to ARY News, the Pakistan Air Force is escorting Iranian aircraft from their point of origin to ensure the safety of their guests.

This may also be a precautionary measure, as elements seeking to sabotage the #Islamabad talks and the ceasefire could attempt to disrupt the process.

Furthermore, Pakistan-based OSINT sources suggest there is virtually no chance that these tankers are operating alone over the Arabian Sea en route to Saudi Arabia—they are likely supporting accompanying fighter aircraft.

Given that the IL-78 MRTT does not refuel F-16 Fighting Falcon jets in Pakistan’s configuration, this points toward the involvement of J-10 and JF-17 Thunder Block III platforms.

This suggests these fighters may be deploying to Saudi Arabia as part of an escort or support role. Iranian delegation flying from the Persian Gulf.

🚨🇵🇰🇮🇷 - Babak Taghvaee, an Iranian defence and security journalist, has confirmed that the Pakistani air force was deployed to escort the Iranian delegation from Tehran to Islamabad.

🇮🇹📞🇵🇰 - Islamabad: Italian PM Giorgia Meloni called Pakistan’s PM Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif today, praising Pakistan’s diplomatic success in the US-Iran ceasefire and its role hosting upcoming peace talks in Islamabad.

Both leaders expressed deep concern over Lebanon and called for coordinated international efforts to prevent further escalation and restore regional stability.”

🎥🇵🇰 - PAF J-10 was spotted over Islamabad skies earlier today.

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🇮🇷⚡️🇬🇧 - Iran’s exiled crown prince Reza Pahlavi is now criticising European leaders who support the ceasefire.

"The Iranian people will remember who stood with them in their hour of need and who stood against them"

🇺🇸/🇵🇰/🇮🇷 - Trump tells NBC he’s "very optimistic" on a potential Iran deal, calling its leaders "much more reasonable" in private meetings than in public, as VP JD Vance leads U.S. talks in Pakistan.

🇵🇰/🇮🇷/🇺🇸 - E-9 Islamabad appears set to host the upcoming US-Iran talks. According to local reporters, the area has seen a significant deployment of armored vehicles from the Rangers and the Army.

The sector, which houses the PAF Officers’ Mess and Air Headquarters, is already equipped with anti-drone and jamming systems.

🇺🇸🇮🇱❌🇮🇷🇱🇧🇵🇰 - NEW: Trump had been told the ceasefire would apply to the Middle East, and he agreed it included Lebanon. Mediators, Iran's foreign minister, and Pakistan's Prime Minister also believed it did.

The US position reportedly shifted after a call between Netanyahu and Trump.

- CBS

🇮🇷/🇺🇸 - Multiple diplomatic sources told CBS News that Iran welcomed J.D. Vance's involvement in the negotiations in particular because of Iranian distrust of Witkoff and Kushner.