Pakistan still awaiting news on whether Iran will attend negotiations

As the two-week ceasefire between the U.S., Israel and Iran reaches its final hours, it's still unclear whether Iranian officials will show up for negotiations in Islamabad.

The Pakistani information minister, Attaullah Tarar, said as of 7:30 p.m. Pakistani time (10:30 a.m. U.S. Eastern time), a "formal response from [the] Iranian side about confirmation of delegation to attend Islamabad Peace Talks is still awaited."

However, Tarar did say Pakistani mediators were in "constant touch" with the Iranians and emphasized the talks were "critical." 

The ceasefire will end at 4:50 a.m. Pakistani time on Wednesday, according to Tarar, which would be 7:50 p.m. Tuesday night in Washington, D.C. However, the exact time seems to be under some debate, as President Trump said the ceasefire would end "Wednesday evening Washington time" in an interview on Monday.

In a bad sign for negotiations, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian criticized Mr. Trump and the negotiations in a post on X, writing, "The level of understanding and comprehension of the requesters from Iran regarding their presence in Islamabad is even lower than Trump's level of understanding and comprehension...!"