Ministry of Information sets up facility at Jinnah Convention Center as journalists arrive in the federal capital
Image from inside the Media Facilitation Center set up by the Ministry of Information at the Jinnah Convention Center for foreign journalists arriving to cover the Islamabad talks. PHOTO: SCREENGRAB
The government has established a media facilitation center at the Jinnah Convention Center for foreign journalists arriving to cover the ‘Islamabad talks’, Information Minister Attaullah Tarar said in a statement on X Saturday.
He said: “All arrangements are in place to facilitate foreign and local journalists in the best possible way.” The center has been established by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, he said, adding: “We will take good care of them.”
Media Facilitation Center established at Jinnah Convention Center by @MoIB_Official for foreign journalists who come to cover #IslamabadTalks
All arrangements in place to facilitate foreign and local journalists as best as possible
We will take good care of them
🇵🇰🇵🇰🇵🇰 pic.twitter.com/INkzlKu417— Attaullah Tarar (@TararAttaullah) April 11, 2026
A day earlier, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar said that delegates and journalists from the participating nations coming for peace talks will be issued a visa on arrival in Islamabad.
He said that “Pakistan welcomes all delegates, including journalists from participating nations, traveling in connection with the Islamabad Talks 2026. To this end, all airlines are requested to allow boarding of all such persons without a visa. The immigration authorities of Pakistan will issue them a visa on arrival.”
Pakistan welcomes all delegates including journalists from participating nations traveling in connection with Islamabad Talks 2026. To this end, all airlines are requested to allow boarding of all such persons without visa. Immigration authorities in Pakistan will issue them… pic.twitter.com/mvWJyv2P4s
— Ishaq Dar (@MIshaqDar50) 10 April 2026
Foreign Ministry spokesman Tahir Andrabi then clarified that visas on arrival only apply to delegates and journalists from the participating nations, namely Iran and the United States. “This facility, extended for the duration of the negotiations, does not cover third-country nationals,” he added.
The government has introduced these facilities as senior figures from the US and Iran are due to hold historic talks in Islamabad today, with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif describing the high-stakes talks as a “make or break moment” for peace.
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Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and Parliament Speaker Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf landed in Pakistan late Friday evening, the Foreign Ministry said. The delegation was received by Dar along with National Assembly Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq, Defense Chief and Chief of Army Staff Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir and Interior Minister Syed Mohsin Raza Naqvi, the statement added.
US Vice President JD Vance also traveled to Islamabad yesterday and told the media that the US was looking forward to the talks with Iran and expressed hope that the talks would be positive. The US delegation will be led by Vance, who will be accompanied by President Donald Trump’s key Middle East envoys, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner.
On April 8, Trump agreed to a two-week ceasefire with Iran, less than two hours before his deadline at 8 pm for destroying an “entire civilization” as he responded to diplomatic efforts by Pakistan to defuse tensions in the Middle East. Shehbaz also announced the ceasefire in a post on X, inviting the delegations of both Iran and the United States to Islamabad on Friday, April 10 “to further negotiate a final agreement to settle all disputes.”
The prime minister expressed hope “that the ‘Islamabad talks’ will succeed in achieving sustainable peace.”
