US President Donald Trump met Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in Washington yesterday. The meeting followed a trade deal between the US and Pakistan and came shortly after Trump and Sharif very briefly met at the UN General Assembly.
Mr. Trump said a “great leader” was coming while talking to reporters at the White House after signing several executive orders on Thursday (September 25, 2025)
“In fact, we have a great leader coming, the Prime Minister of Pakistan coming, and the field marshal [of] Pakistan. Field marshal is a very great guy and so is the Prime Minister, both. And they’re coming,” Mr. Trump said..
This was the first formal bilateral interaction between Mr. Trump and Mr. Sharif, coming six years after former premier Imran Khan met Mr. Trump during the latter’s first term in July 2019.
Mr. Sharif is in the U.S. for the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly and will address the General Debate from the UNGA podium on Friday.
The meeting was held at the Oval Office in Washington DC, where Vice President J. D. Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio were also present, according to a statement by the Pakistan Prime Minister’s Office (PMO), which added that it was held in a “pleasant atmosphere”.
The meeting was closed to the press and was scheduled to start at 4:30 p.m. (local time) but was delayed by about 30 minutes due to President Trump’s engagements. It continued for approximately one hour and 20 minutes.
Post-meeting photos showed both Prime Minister Sharif and Field Marshal Munir exchanging views with Mr. Trump. Mr. Trump was also all smiles as he flashed his signature thumbs up sign during a group photo.
Mr. Sharif met Mr. Trump in New York on the margins of the UNGA session on Tuesday when the U.S. President held a multilateral meeting with leaders from Arab nations and others, including Egypt, Indonesia, Qatar, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkiye.
