Published on, Sept. 25 -- September 25, 2025 10:45 AM

WASHINGTON/ISLAMABAD - US President Donald Trump is expected to meet Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif at the White House on Thursday, a Trump administration official told Reuters, weeks after Washington and Islamabad announced a trade deal.

The two leaders are scheduled to hold wide-ranging talks on regional and global issues, with Pakistan's army chief, Field Marshal Asim Munir, also likely to join the meeting.

The White House encounter comes amid a warming of US-Pakistan ties under Trump. Relations had long been strained as Washington leaned on India to counter China's influence in Asia. But tensions with New Delhi-overariffs, visas, and Trump's claim of brokering a ceasefire between...