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

Islamabad switches to low-profile role but thinks it can make progress towards peace without face-to-face meeting

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 they are conscious that it is not only regional peace at stake, but also 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.