Pakistan warned Iran this week to restrain Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia, after missile and drone strikes wounded 73 people in Abha, Jazan, Najran and Khamis Mushait. On its own, it’s a routine diplomatic message. Taken with everything else Islamabad has done in 2026, it’s part of a pattern: Pakistan has become one of the more active outside players in a Middle East crisis that isn’t its own. That’s new territory for a country usually discuss…
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