Pakistan’s Unlikely Rise as a Mediator in the Iran-US-Israel Conflict: Decoding the Diplomatic Shift

Dive into the latest news on Iran, U.S., and Israel conflict as we uncover how Pakistan secured a surprising role in brokering talks. Explore the geopolitical chess moves, Trump-era ties, and Pakistan’s strategic leverages in this high-stakes standoff.

The Tipping Point: January 2020 — A World on Edge

When a U.S. drone strike killed Iranian General Qasem Soleimani in Baghdad, the world held its breath. Tehran vowed “harsh retaliation.” Washington braced for missile strikes. Israel, a key U.S. ally, readied its Iron Dome. The Persian Gulf became a powder keg. And in those tense 72 hours, as headlines screamed of imminent war, a discreet phone call came through from Islamabad.

Yes Pakistan. The nation more often associated in Western media with regional instability or counterterrorism struggles played a pivotal, under-the-radar role in helping the Trump administration navigate one of its most volatile foreign policy crises—the brink of war with Iran. And the twist? It wasn’t through military might or economic leverage. It was through quiet diplomacy, geopolitical nuance, and a relationship rebuilt with the White House after years of frost.

Pakistani Three Bad Boys, Army, Supreme Court & Opposition: PM Imran Khan Ousted By So Called No-Confidence Vote, United States Overthrow Him

A majority of MPs voted in favor of a motion to overthrow the prime minister. Opposition leader Shehbaz Sharif could become his successor.

Pakistan's parliament has ousted Prime Minister Imran Khan with a vote of no confidence. 174 out of 342 deputies voted against Khan, as the speaker of the parliament, Sardar Ayaz Sadiq, announced in the capital, Islamabad. Khan is the first prime minister in  Pakistan's history to be ousted by a no-confidence vote.

It is still unclear when a new head of government will be elected. The head of the opposition Muslim conservative party PML-N, Shehbaz Sharif, is considered the favorite for the post. He thanked the supporters for their fight after the vote of no confidence: "Pakistan will rebuild this unity," said Sharif.

Pakistan: President Arif Alvi Dissolves Parliament

Pakistan's prime minister, Imran Khan, who is under pressure, is asking the head of state to create the conditions for new elections. He had previously escaped a no-confidence vote.

Pakistani President Arif Alvi has dissolved parliament, thereby creating the conditions for early elections. These must now take place within 90 days. A few hours earlier, Prime Minister Imran Khan had managed to avoid being removed from office by a vote of no confidence that was considered certain.

The Vice President of Parliament and Khan ally Qasim Suri had rejected the planned vote on a no-confidence motion by the opposition as unconstitutional. Khan himself then said on television that he had asked the President to dissolve Parliament. The population should be prepared for new elections.

IMF's Fund | In terms of the economic conditions of Pakistan

In the past several months in Pakistan, due to uncertain economic situation last week, the government and the World Financial Institutions (IMF) agreed on a $ 6 billion loan agreement, and it was told by IMF on Thursday that it The amount will be given under the 'Extend Fund Facility' (EFF)

In the form of ordinary Pakistani mines, IMF sounds like the first word in terms of debt and other conditions.

IMF has ten different types of projects for the loan and the institution determines the need for every country and economic difficulties after it decides which program will be better for this country.

In terms of the economic conditions of Pakistan, two of these programs are very important that are 'Standby Management' (SBA) and 'Extend Fund Facility' (EFF).

The determination of both of these interest rates is linked to global market changes.

Pakistan has already gone to the World Finance Organization for 21 times, 12 of them SBA and five times EFF loan.

Three times the loan was acquired under 'Extend Credit Credit Facility' (ECF) and once the 'Structural Adjustment Facility Committee'. The last loan taken by the Government of Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz was also taken under the EFF.

The difference between SBA and EFF

There is a big difference between these two projects. The SBA, IMF is the main project for developing economies. Usually this is given to those countries who need a loan to bring balance in payments in less time. This plan is two to three years and refunds are in three to five years after payment.

Its interest rate is according to the global market, but according to IMF it is always less than other private loans.

Former Secretary Finance, Dr wakar Masood told media that 'the duration of the SBA is also reduced, it also reduces the conditions and it is given when you are running on the pre-reform program. But you need some more help to complete it.

He said that in the past it has been happening that the countries who took an IMF reform loan but could not fulfill the targets set out in the conditions, were given more loans under standby management for their support.

On the contrary, EFF is a mid-term program, not only the balance in payments but also its focus on the country's economic structure.

This project is three years old, but it can extend to one year, while refunds are done within four to ten years.

According to IMF, keeping reforms in the country's economy and taking advantage of it, it is necessary for reforms that require time, therefore EFF's duration is high.

Dr. Masood reports about the EFF that this loan is given when the budget deficit increases, the difference between foreign payments and exports and imports will increase and you do not have any choice. If you want IMF to be monitored for a long time, then EFF yourself. "

He said that focuses on making three major central reforms under the EFF, including energy sector, tax system changes and government companies, including reforms in deficit organizations.

Under this program IMF not only gives money but also technical support

Here, it is also necessary to understand that the money given by the IMF goes to the State Bank of Pakistan and the government can not start development projects from these funds, while on the steps and costs of the IMF government It takes different conditions.

Under the EFF project, the country's borrower is responsible for implementing the applicable terms and conditions.

Who decides the nature of debt?

There are also four projects of IMF loan programs that are neutral and it is for countries who suffer from crisis.

The question is why why not Pakistan get these easy terms and who will decide which loan will be generated under the project.

Dr. Masood says that there are talks between the IMF and the lending country about the program. The IMF itself reviews whether the SBA will be better in this country or the EFF and the other is also assessed how much the loan they want on this occasion.

He said that in the end it is on the power to deal with you. If you are going to take a loan from any bank, how is your preparation, the difference between your own self-confidence in which you are negotiating.

Dr. Masood said that in connection with the recent program, Pakistan's unfortunate fact that two of us have made talks with us, one of whom has called for a team of welcome, and then a new team came to negotiate, then our power No.'

Where will Pakistan spend money coming from IMF?

After the negotiations between the World Financial Institutions (IMF) and the Pakistani government's representatives, the initial agreement has been made to provide $ 6 billion loan.

Advisor Finance Dr. Abdul Hafeez Shaikh said that the IMF program will be processed after its approval by the Board.

Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh said in an interview with government TV that the IMF program will have the opportunity to improve structural reforms and exports and products to solve the problems of government deprived institutions. Successful implementation and structural reforms are crucial for the IMF program for sustainable development and prosperity. He said that with this amount the government will pay some old loans, including IMF's debt.

According to the Minister, besides this, money can be used to pay interest on loan as well as financing of imports, fund account deficit financing and budget assistance.

On the question of taking loan from debt, Minister of State Hamad Azhar said, "Unless we will make strategic reforms in our economy, which means that they have complicated and fundamental problems that prevent the income of your economy. You will not be able to return your debt till done. '

Pointing out these complex issues, he said, "Our country collects income from exports. In the past ten years our exports have been very low, and in the past five years there has been negative adversity.

According to the Minister, the tax base in the country is very low, always the delicate level of reservoir reserves and factors responsible for the state's economy of living in the constant loss of government institutions. He says that doing the right thing will not increase government revenue and Pakistan can not return its debt till then.

He said that the IMF program will improve further and the government's financial deficit will also come down and external losses will be kept in a balance.

Expert Economy, Caesar Bengali, said that this money will cover the country's old debt.

He said that 'Pakistan's debt for a long time only uses its old debt to pay and it will be used.'

He said about government statements of reform reforms in the national institutions that 'it is a matter of air.'

He said that such loans were taken in the past and the same thing was done. He criticized Advisor Finance Dr. Hafeez Shaikh, saying, "From 2008 to 2013, he was himself the Federal Minister for Finance, then he could not do this, then how he would fix the situation."

Expert Economy S. Akbar Zaidi told the BBC that this money is a loan that we have to return after three years.

He said that the World Bank, the Asian Development Bank and IMF, have a lot of difference, the World Bank or Asian Development Bank give us credit for spending in education, health, energy sector or dam IMF's loan is given to maintain balance in financial deficit and government payments.

He said that the commercial deficit would worsen in the value of rupees compared to the dollar, then the State Bank could use this amount to fulfill.

Expert economist Dr Nadim ul Haq said that the debt found under the IMF program is not used anywhere, it is kept in the only reserve.

In his opinion, 'IMF's program is that the country, which is caught in their torture, could properly manage its exports.'

He said that under the IMF program, it is determined how to improve the issues of Pakistan's payment.

According to them, the debt to Pakistan will improve in the domestic deficit because IMF reduces losses through policy.

They said therefore, the change in the country will increase due to the change in policy by the IMF, the value of rupees will decrease, poverty and unemployment will increase, all sorts of subsidies are terminated. Gas, gas and electricity prices will increase. And its load will be on the normal user and the domestic economy.

The End | Panama papers led to Sharif's resignation

Pakistani Prime Minister

 Removed From Office Over

 Panama Papers Case

On the 20th  April 2017, Maryam Safdar tweet pictures of joy. She resolved the mood in the arm of her father, the faces relieved. The simple message "Celebrations", celebrations. The daughter of Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was happy with her father that he had once again come away. Three of the five constitutional judges had decided on this day that there was not sufficient evidence that the Premier had lied or made false statements about his income.

The ruling could have been the end of a scandal that began in April 2016 with the publication of the Panama Papers . But the jubilation was premature. At the same time, the Constitutional Court set up an investigation commission (JIT), which once again examined all allegations against the family. Two weeks ago, she presented a 256 page report. And this was the beginning of the last act in this drama, which reached a new climax on Friday with the imprisonment of the Prime Minister. 

In the course of the Panama Papers revelations, Iceland's Prime Minister Sigmundur Gunnlaugsson resigned, along with several ministers in various countries as well as a member of the Fifa Ethics Committee. 

So now Nawaz Sharif. He himself appeared in the Panama Papers, three of his four children: Hassan and Hussain as well as his daughter Maryam. The three are named in the Panama Papers as owners or directors of various mailbox companies based in the tax paradise of the British Virgin Islands. The Sharif family has been under the influence of corruption, tax evasion and money laundering for many years.

Sharif's daughter Maryam is considered to be the Crown Princess of the Sharif clan. All the harder they met the Panama-Papers revelations. According to the documents of the law firm Mossack Fonseca, she was the owner of Nielsen Enterprises Limited and Nescoll Limited, founded in 1994 and 1993. The companies included luxury properties in London. Politicians, who are often subject to stricter rules when setting up a company, often employ family members, such as their children. Maryam Safdar, who is the surname of her husband, was only 20 and 21 years old when the two companies were founded on the Jungferninseln . To this day it is not clear how the Sharif family bought their luxury apartments in London and where the millions came from.

Maryam Safdar had first claimed that she was only a trustee of the two mailbox companies Nielsen Enterprises Limited and Nescoll Limited, before the Supreme Court of Pakistan's investigation committee . She presented documents for proof, but obviously these were counterfeits. The papers were dated February 2006 and - in this case decisive - was written with the Microsoft font Calibri. However, Calibri was only available to end customers in 2007 . The bold attempt to mislead the public and the public quickly had a name: Fontgate. Based on Watergate, the American century scandal. The opposition joked and joked, alluding to the font, But neither Fontgate nor the luxury properties in London are now the main argument for the decision of the Constitutional Court to remove Nawaz Sharif from his office. On the contrary, the ruling of the judges stated that Sharif, as a board member of another mailbox company called "Capital FZE", had received income which he had not registered. To this end, he would have been obliged as a deputy under the electoral law. While Sharif's attorneys argued that he had only had a "ceremonial" task in this company and never fulfilled an actual activity, they did not deny that he had received money. The court evaluated the initially concealed income as a false statement.

Above all, the false information about his finances has brought Sharif to his office, not the documents from the Panama Papers. Without the Panama Papers, however, it would never have come so far. It was only through the reports on the mailbox companies of his children that mass protestations in Pakistan, demands for resignation, pressure on the Constitutional Court came to an investigation commission. Their report was public two weeks ago, it was an attack on the premier and his daughter Maryam Safdar and the prelude to the dismantling of the Sharif clan. The investigators came to the conclusion that Sharif "is in possession of a wealth that goes beyond his well-known sources of income." And that the proof of family income had a "crass gap". Sharif's daughter, Maryam, accused the Commission of concealing the property of luxury real estate in London. As the Panama Papers suggested. It was "undoubtedly proved" that Maryam Safdar was the owner of the real estate. With regard to the Fontgate documents, it is said that the manifest falsification is a criminal offense.

That is why the "National Accountability Office" should charge against them, their father, their brothers Hassan and Hussain, as well as their husband, Muhammad Safdar, within six weeks. The basis for the prosecution is the report of the Investigation Commission, which refers to the real estate disclosed by the Panama Papers.

For Nawaz Sharif, the verdict could mean the end of his political career. For the Constitutional Court prohibited him from exercising political positions in Pakistan for his lifetime. Sharif himself declared that he had resigned. He has "strong reservations" against the decision and will "use all possibilities of the Constitution and the right". General Prosecutor Ashtar Ausaf Ali said, however, that Sharif could not appeal. 

Maryam Nawaz Sharif, wrote about the tweet after her father's legal defeat: "Today will pave the way for Nawaz Sharif's overwhelming victory in 2018. He will be unstoppable, God willing." Despite this, the last seems to be what is left of her father's political heritage.

The day of Judgment | Pakistani Elected Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif Disqualified and Removed from his duty

Breaking News

Pakistan history LIVE! SC disqualified Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and order NAB to investigate cases against Maryam, Hassan, Hussain and Ishaq Dar. Historical judgement in history of Pakistan now its time comes we should stand against all the godfathers of corruption.

Pakistan l Khan fell off the stage in Lahore

Former champion Pakistan cricket and prime ministerial candidate of the opposition in the next election Imran Khan and 'tonight was hospitalized after a fall of several feet from the stage of a campaign rally in Lahore. This was reported Geo News. The politician has suffered a serious head injury and it 'was transported to a local hospital.

Out of danger

The politician Imran Khan, who fell off the stage in Lahore, now 'out of danger. The former cricketer, who had been brought to hospital unconscious with a bloody face, he regained consciousness.

In a passionate appeal to the nation from hospital 

Imran Khan said that they should vote for change and should continue the struggle for making a new Pakistan for the sake of their children’s future. He asked the people to come out in big numbers to vote for change. “I have done what I could do to inspire the people for bringing change in the country. Now it is up to the masses in Pakistan to ensure the change on may 11,” said the PTI chief.