New Delhi, April 9 -- Hours before US President Donald Trump's expletive-laden threat was to come into effect, both Iran and Washington announced that they had agreed to a two-week ceasefire. In the final hours before this major announcement, Pakistan served as the primary mediator, according to an Axios report. After waging a war for over a month, the "Islamabad Accord" proposed an immediate ceasefire followed by negotiations.

Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif's claimed that he invited delegations from both the US and Iran to Islamabad on 10 April to finalise "a conclusive agreement." Breaking silence on the ceasefire deal, Shehbaz Sharif on 8 April wrote, "With the greatest humility, I am pleased to announce that the Islamic Repub...