The conference is expected to discuss Pakistan-US ties and the country's security situation.
According to reports, ISI chief Ahmed Shuja Pasha would also be present and he may brief the political leadership on security issues.
Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar is expected to refute US accusations of Pakistan's complicity on terrorism.
Leaders of all political parties, including those not represented in Parliament, and heads of religious groups have been invited for the crucial meeting, sources said.
Washington accuses Pakistan's powerful ISI spy agency of directly backing the Afghan Taliban-allied Haqqani network and of providing support for the September 13 attack on the US Kabul mission.
Pakistan furiously rejected the allegations and warned the United States that it risked losing an ally if it kept publicly criticising Pakistan over the militant groups.
To offset its troubled alliance with the United States, Pakistan has even promised China maximum support in fighting Muslim separatists, determined to keep relations with its key ally on track.
About 5,000 soldiers and security forces have been killed fighting militants and 30,000 civilians have died since Pakistan joined the US "war on terror" launched after the September 11, 2001 attacks, which the United States doesn't appreciate, Pakistani officials say.
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