akistan condemned US strikes on Iran while quietly aiding them, highlighting a deeper identity crisis between its public Islamic solidarity narrative and its private strategic dependence on US support.
In the wake of the United States’ aerial bombardment of Iran’s enrichment facilities on June 22, 2025, Pakistan’s foreign policy entered a zone of acute dissonance between public solidarity and private pragmatism. The Pakistani government’s official statements condemned the strikes as an unwarranted violation of Iranian sovereignty and international law, invoking historical ties of culture, religion, and regional interdependence. Yet, behind closed doors, chronological events suggest that Islamabad continued to engage in indispensable security cooperation with Washington, providing overflight rights, intelligence sharing, and logistical support that materially underpinned US operations in the region.
