Overview

• A Trump administration official told Reuters the meeting is expected today at the White House, with one outlet citing the public schedule for an Oval Office session.
• Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will make a same‑day round trip from New York, where he is attending the UN General Assembly, to Washington and back.
• Officials expect talks to cover bilateral ties, regional security including Afghanistan and counterterrorism, and potential cooperation on trade and energy.
• This engagement follows an informal exchange between the leaders during a Trump-hosted gathering of Muslim-majority countries in New York earlier in the week.
• Some reports suggest Pakistan’s army chief, Field Marshal Asim Munir, could be present, though his participation has not been confirmed.