{"id":7652,"date":"2026-01-18T17:55:58","date_gmt":"2026-01-18T12:25:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp2.niviyo.in\/index.php\/2026\/01\/18\/pakistan-pm-shehbaz-sharif-army-chief-asim-munir-may-meet-us-president-trump-in-davos-exclusive\/"},"modified":"2026-01-18T17:55:58","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T12:25:58","slug":"pakistan-pm-shehbaz-sharif-army-chief-asim-munir-may-meet-us-president-trump-in-davos-exclusive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp2.niviyo.in\/index.php\/2026\/01\/18\/pakistan-pm-shehbaz-sharif-army-chief-asim-munir-may-meet-us-president-trump-in-davos-exclusive\/","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif, Army Chief Asim Munir May Meet US President Trump In Davos | Exclusive"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/a><\/li>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/a><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif is likely to meet <a href=\"https:\/\/www.news18.com\/world\/pakistan-begged-us-for-help-as-india-showed-its-might-with-op-sindoor-documents-reveal-ws-kl-9815506.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">United States President Donald Trump<\/a> next week in Davos, where world leaders will be present to attend the 56th World Economic Forum (WEF).<\/p>\n<p>Sharif is leaving for Zurich on Monday, along with a large delegation, including cabinet federal ministers. Pakistan\u2019s Field Marshal Asim Munir is likely to accompany Sharif.<\/p>\n<p>Top security sources claimed that Munir has scheduled security and strategic meetings in Munich and Europe, but the dates have not been confirmed yet.<\/p>\n<p>Trump is scheduled to arrive in Davos On Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Sources in Pakistan Prime Minister\u2019s Office said that Sharif may stay overnight in London while returning, where he would have some private engagements.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<h2>PAKISTAN AND US<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p>Documents released earlier this month show that when India\u2019s Operation Sindoor shook it to the core, Pakistan pleaded with the United States for help, offering more investments, special access and critical minerals in exchange. The documents were filed under the US Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA).<\/p>\n<p>Pakistani diplomats and defence officials reached out more than 50 times over emails, phone calls and in-person meetings to several officials and intermediaries and even the US media amid the Operation, documents accessed by News18 showed.<\/p>\n<p> View this post on Instagram<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DPxZWw_j81H\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">A post shared by News18.com (@cnnnews18)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Right after Operation Sindoor, Pakistan released a document on the bilateral relations with the US. \u201cPakistan is prepared to take significant actions to renew its bilateral relationship with the United States on shared interests. A clear, forward-looking agenda will serve the core interests of both nations and their peoples. As one of the world\u2019s most populous and youthful countries, Pakistan offers great promise for economic growth,&quot; read the document.<\/p>\n<p>Weeks after Islamabad struck a deal with Seiden Law LLP working through Javelin Advisors, then-US President Donald Trump hosted Pakistan Army Chief Field Marshal Asim Munir at the White House.<\/p>\n<p>tags :<a href=\"\/topics\/asim-munir\/\" title=\"Asim Munir\">Asim Munir<\/a><a href=\"\/topics\/donald-trump\/\" title=\"donald trump\">donald trump<\/a><a href=\"\/topics\/news18-specials\/\" title=\"news18 specials\">news18 specials<\/a><a href=\"\/topics\/shehbaz-sharif\/\" title=\"Shehbaz Sharif\">Shehbaz Sharif<\/a><\/a>. Stay updated with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.news18.com\/world\/\">Latest World News and Global developments<\/a>, along with key <a href=\"https:\/\/www.news18.com\/india\/\">India News and National updates<\/a>. Explore <a href=\"https:\/\/www.news18.com\/politics\/\">Politics<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.news18.com\/cities\/\">City News<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.news18.com\/explainers\/\">Explainers<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.news18.com\/opinion\/\">Expert Opinions<\/a> on News18. Join the fun, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.news18.com\/games\/\">play games on News18<\/a>.\u00a0Download the <a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/eng-article-eop\">News18 App<\/a> to stay updated!<a href=\"https:\/\/www.news18.com\/cities\/new-delhi-news\/\">New Delhi, India, India<\/a>January 18, 2026, 17:24 IST  <a href=\"\/world\/\">world<\/a>   Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif, Army Chief Asim Munir May Meet US President Trump In Davos | Exclusive and .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif, Army Chief Asim Munir May Meet US President Trump In Davos | Exclusive Reported By :Manoj GuptaNews18.comLast Updated:January 18, 2026, 17:24 ISTPakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":7653,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","footnotes":""},"categories":[52],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7652","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news18"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp2.niviyo.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7652","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp2.niviyo.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp2.niviyo.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp2.niviyo.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7652"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wp2.niviyo.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7652\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp2.niviyo.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7653"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp2.niviyo.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7652"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp2.niviyo.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7652"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp2.niviyo.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7652"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}