Pakistan is facilitating talks between the US and Iran

the U.S.-Israel war on Iran enters its fourth week, Pakistan’s name has emerged as a mediator that is reportedly leading efforts to bring Tehran and Washington to the negotiating table. This development appears surprising for several reasons. It is hard to imagine that a conflict with such sweeping implications for global energy markets, supply chains and strategic stability would find Islamabad as a potential venue for de-escalation efforts.

Pakistan has long been associated in international commentary with domestic political turbulence and security concerns. Until a few days ago, observers would not have anticipated that the Pakistani leadership could suddenly occupy a central place in efforts to bridge two fierce adversaries which are actively trying to devastate each other. That said, the trajectory of recent back-channel activity involving Islamabad suggests that circumstances have aligned in ways that have placed Pakistan in an unexpected but highly important position where it is poised to play a role in ending the war with Iran.

Pakistan appears to have already helped