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Delegations from the United States and Iran will be arriving in Pakistan for talks on Friday, Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Wednesday, Reuters reported.Sharif urged both the sides to respect the ceasefire and exercise restraint for the two weeks.Pakistan emerged as a intermediary in brokering the ceasefire between the United States and Iran, leveraging its rare working ties with both sides to facilitate indirect talks at a critical moment. Officials said Islamabad helped relay messages, reduce miscalculations and push a two-week pause in hostilities, effectively providing both sides an off-ramp as the conflict risked further escalation.A US delegation led by Vice President JD Vance and an Iranian team headed by Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf and Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi are expected to arrive in Islamabad on Thursday for high-stakes talks aimed at consolidating a fragile ceasefire, two Pakistani sources said, in what would mark the first direct engagement between the two sides since the conflict escalated.