Pakistan PM Briefly Meets Trump at White House

Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif traveled from New York to Washington for a brief White House meeting with President Donald Trump and returned the same day to continue his U.N. General Assembly engagements. The encounter followed an informal exchange at a Trump-hosted Arab-Islamic leaders meeting in New York — social media footage showed the interaction lasted roughly 36 seconds. Islamabad views the visit as part of a noticeable thaw since Trump’s June meeting with Pakistan’s army chief and growing diplomatic and economic engagement; discussions were expected to cover Afghanistan, counterterrorism, trade and Gaza. The visit came as Trump used his U.N. return to launch a wide-ranging critique of the United Nations, denounce “open borders” and globalist migration agendas, and warn of possible economic measures such as tariffs while saying Ukraine could recover lost territory. Pakistani sources publicly praised Trump’s alleged mediation during a standoff with India and said they had nominated him for a Nobel Peace Prize, underscoring Islamabad’s warmer tone toward the U.S. administration.