Pakistan Caught Between Iran and Saudi Arabia After US-Israeli Attack

Islamabad: Pakistan is in a difficult situation due to the changed situation after the US-Israeli attack on Iran. Pakistan does not know whether to side with Iran or Saudi Arabia. Iran has targeted American military bases in the Middle East in response to attacks on it. Saudi Arabia, which has suffered heavy losses in Iranian attacks. Saudi Arabia and Pakistan have signed a defense agreement in which an attack on one country will be considered an attack on the other. Pakistan has to help Saudi Arabia but also attack Iran. However, Pakistan does not seem ready for this. On March 7, Pakistan's Chief of Defense Forces Field Marshal Asim Munir met with Saudi Arabia's Defense Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman and discussed Riyadh's defense mechanism against Iranian attacks. Prince Khalid bin Salman reported that the two discussed how Saudi Arabia would implement the Saudi-Pakistan Joint Security Studies Department's recently signed framework at King's College London.