At a time when Pakistan is grappling with a volatile situation along its Afghan border, instability on the Iran-Pakistan border will add to its problems.

For a country battling insurgencies in two provinces, facing a hostile Afghan Taliban regime, and grappling with deep internal divisions, instability in a neighbouring state carries tangible security risks.

U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran have set off a crippling energy crisis and sparked deadly protests in one of the world’s most populous Muslim nations.

Pakistanis hauled suitcases across the border from Iran, describing missiles being launched and travel chaos as they scrambled to leave the country that the United States and Israel hit with strikes over the weekend.

A border spat between Pakistan and Afghanistan may add to the chaos unfurled by the U.S- Israeli joint assault on Iran.

As the Iran war boils with the US and Israeli strikes, Pakistan’s defence pact with Saudi Arabia has come under the lens. After Iranian drone attacks on Saudi soil, Islamabad’s warnings to Tehran and its Nato-like Strategic Mutual Defence Agreement with Riyadh raise a critical question: Could Pakistan be drawn into the conflict?

Pakistan's efforts to preserve close ties with President Donald Trump are being put to the test after protesters stormed the U.S. consulate in Karachi last week and poured onto streets elsewhere over the killing of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in U.

While the US, Israel, and the Gulf countries caught in the crossfire received multiple messages of support, only China and Russia were the prominent voices to condemn the violation of Iran’s sovereignty.

At least 22 people were killed in protests across Pakistan as Iran’s neighbors brace for turmoil and the fallout of a possible regional conflict.