Information Ministry sets up facilities at Jinnah Convention Center as journalists arrive in federal capital
Image 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: SCREEN CAPTURE
The government has set up 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 post on X on Saturday.
He said: “All necessary measures have been taken to help local and foreign journalists in the best possible way.” The center was set up 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 the settlement of local and foreign 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 said that delegates and journalists from participating nations coming to the peace talks will be given a visa on arrival in Islamabad.
He said, “Pakistan welcomes all delegates, including journalists from participating countries, traveling in connection with the Islamabad Talks 2026. To this end, all airlines are requested to allow boarding to all such persons without a visa. Pakistani immigration authorities will issue them a visa upon arrival.”
Pakistan welcomes all delegates, including journalists from participating countries, traveling in connection with the Islamabad Talks 2026. To this end, all airlines are requested to allow boarding to all such persons without Visa. Immigration authorities in Pakistan will issue them… pic.twitter.com/mvWJyv2P4s
-Ishaq Dar (@MIshaqDar50) April 10, 2026
Foreign Ministry spokesperson Tahir Andrabi then clarified that the visa-on-arrival system applies only to delegates and journalists from participating countries, specifically Iran and the United States. “This mechanism, expanded for the duration of the talks, does not cover third-country nationals,” he added.
The government has introduced these facilities as senior figures from the United States and Iran prepare to hold historic talks in Islamabad today, with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif describing the high-stakes negotiations as a “defining moment” for peace.
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Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and Parliament Speaker Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf landed in Pakistan late on Friday night, the Foreign Ministry said. The delegation was received by Dar along with National Assembly Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq, Defense Forces Chief and Chief of Army Staff Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir and Home Minister Syed Mohsin Raza Naqvi, the statement added.
US Vice President JD Vance also left for Islamabad yesterday and told the media that the US was looking forward to negotiations 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 8:00 pm deadline to destroy “an entire civilization,” while responding to Pakistan’s diplomatic efforts to calm tensions in the Middle East. Shehbaz also announced the ceasefire in a post on
The prime minister expressed hope “that the ‘Islamabad Talks’ will succeed in achieving sustainable peace.”
