India, April 8 -- As Iran and the US welcomed a two-week ceasefire following weeks of a raging war, a recurring name in the backdrop of diplomacy was Pakistan. Both US President Donald Trump and Iranian foreign minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi mentioned Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Field Marshal Asim Munir in their announcements on the truce on Wednesday.

Later, Sharif also announced the ceasefire, inviting American and Iranian officials to Islamabad on April 10 for further negotiations. Follow live updates on the Iran-US war here.

While reports of a possible mediation from Islamabad had surfaced earlier as well, the Iran and the US's official acknowledgement of talks with Sharif and Munir has put Pakistan back in spot ligh...