Ministry of Information opens facilities at Jinnah Convention Center as journalists arrive in federal capital
Photo from inside the Media Facilitation Center established by the Ministry of Information at the Jinnah Convention Center for foreign journalists arriving to cover the Islamabad talks. PHOTO: SCREENSHOT
The government has established a media facilitation center at Jinnah Convention Center for foreign journalists arriving to cover the “Islamabad talks”, Information Minister Attaullah Tarar said in a message on X on Saturday.
He said: “All arrangements are in place to best facilitate foreign and local journalists.” The center was 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_Officiel for foreign journalists coming to cover #IslamabadTalks
All arrangements are in place to welcome foreign and local journalists in the best possible way
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 had said that delegates and journalists from participating countries coming for peace talks would be issued visas on arrival in Islamabad.
He said that “Pakistan welcomes all delegates, including journalists from participating countries, traveling in connection with the Islamabad 2026 talks. To this end, all airlines are requested to allow all such persons to embark without visa. The immigration authorities of Pakistan will issue them visa on arrival.”
Pakistan welcomes all delegates, including journalists from participating countries, traveling as part of the Islamabad 2026 talks. For this purpose, all airlines are requested to allow boarding of all such persons without visa. The immigration authorities in Pakistan will issue them… pic.twitter.com/mvWJyv2P4s
-Ishaq Dar (@MIshaqDar50) April 10, 2026
Foreign Ministry spokesperson Tahir Andrabi further clarified that visa on arrival only applies to delegates and journalists from participating countries, 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 introduced the facilities as top officials from the United States and Iran prepare to hold historic talks in Islamabad today, with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif calling the high-stakes negotiations a “watershed moment” for peace.
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Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and Parliament Speaker Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf landed in Pakistan on Friday evening, the Foreign Ministry said. The delegation was received by Dar along with National Assembly Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq, Chief of Defense Forces 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 visited Islamabad yesterday, telling media that America looked forward to negotiations with Iran and expressing hope that the talks would be positive. The US delegation will be led by Vance, who will be accompanied by President Donald Trump’s top 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 the 8 p.m. deadline, to destroy “an entire civilization,” while responding to Pakistan’s diplomatic efforts to defuse tensions in the Middle East. Shehbaz also announced the ceasefire in a message on
The Prime Minister expressed hope “that the ‘Islamabad talks’ will succeed in achieving lasting peace.”
