"I'm a professional musician, and also teach music," Amir Hussain Khan, a sitar player, told AFP. "I'm bored out of my mind," one journalist told AFP, declining to be named. Not exactly the kind of gripping, headline-grabbing quotes many of the journalists in the hall had flown thousands of miles for. "But media teams deputed inside Jinnah Convention Centre do not know what's happening outside." By sunset, the "Islamabad Talks" had produced press releases, a memorable food spread and impressively fast internet in a country riven with tech challenges.

Source: Bangkok Post April 12, 2026 00:12 UTC