Pakistan said diplomatic efforts between the United States and Iran were continuing as Islamabad carried messages between the two governments during the US-Israel war with Iran. Foreign office spokesperson Tahir Andrabi confirmed that a peace process remained active but declined to verify the detailed frameworks described in media reports.
Reuters, citing an unidentified source, reported that Pakistan had developed a proposal and sent it to both parties overnight. The reported outline called for hostilities to stop immediately, for shipping through the Strait of Hormuz to resume, and for a period of 15 to 20 days to complete a wider settlement. It was provisionally described as the Islamabad Accord and reportedly contemplated a regional mechanism for the waterway followed by face-to-face talks in Pakistan's capital.
The same account said army chief Field Marshal Asim Munir had maintained contact through the night with US Vice President JD Vance, American envoy Steve Witkoff, and Tehran.s foreign minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi. An Iranian official told Reuters that Tehran had received the proposal and was reviewing it, while resisting pressure to accept an imposed deadline. These details were attributed to unnamed officials rather than formally confirmed terms.
A separate Axios report described discussions about a possible 45-day ceasefire within a two-stage process intended to produce a permanent end to the conflict. Andrabi would not address either a 45-day pause or reports of a 15-point exchange. His public statement was narrower: negotiations were underway.
Pakistan's role reflected its effort to keep a channel open between Washington and Tehran when direct political communication was constrained. The reported proposals also linked battlefield de-escalation to the economic importance of Hormuz. Iranian forces had effectively obstructed the passage, a major route for international oil and gas shipments, and Iran had attacked Gulf economic targets it associated with the US-Israeli campaign.
President Donald Trump had set Iran a deadline to reach an agreement reopening the strait or risk attacks on major infrastructure. A later social-media message appeared to move the cutoff by 24 hours, to 8 p.m. Eastern time on Tuesday, equivalent to 0000 GMT Wednesday. He did not provide further public detail in the supplied account.
The evidence therefore established active Pakistani mediation and Tehran's reported receipt of a framework, but not an accepted accord. Differences between the reported 15-to-20-day negotiation window and the separate 45-day concept also showed that multiple ideas may have been circulating. As of the event date, no ceasefire terms, Hormuz arrangement or final Islamabad meeting had been formally agreed by both sides.
