Pakistan acting as backchannel as US and Iran inch towards deal, experts say

Islamabad has reportedly switched to lower-profile role but believes peace can make progress without face-to-face meetings

Pakistan is passing proposals between Iran and the US to keep talks alive behind the scenes and inch towards a peace agreement, officials and experts say.

Pakistani officials say that they are conscious of the fact that at stake is not only regional peace, but the health of the global economy and the livelihoods of millions of the poorest people in the world – including in Pakistan, whose monthly energy import bill has almost tripled as a result of the war.