Pakistan thought it had figured out the formula. Flatter Trump loudly enough, commit to Saudi Arabia firmly enough, and keep Iran placated with phone calls and warm words. For a while, the formula held. Then the United States and Israel killed Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei, missiles started falling across the Gulf, and Pakistan's carefully constructed diplomatic architecture began to crack under the weight of a war it never planned for.
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The country now faces three simultaneous crises. It must manage a defence pact with Saudi Arabia that was never meant to be tested this hard.
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