Islamabad is a city on hold, gripped by the limelight of its own success, host to something potentially historic — but it remains unclear how distant that may be.
Five-star hotels in the Pakistani capital have been empty, awaiting diplomatic delegations for a next round of negotiations this week between Iran and the US. Bougie restaurants shuttered their kitchens, their usual well-heeled clientele unable to make it past army and police check posts strategically sprinkled at almost every major city intersection.
