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🇵🇰🇨🇳 The AVIC J-35AE Stealth Multirole Fighter has been unveiled. Designed specifically for export, the aircraft is expected to attract its first customer soon, with Pakistan considered a likely launch buyer for the 5th generation platform.

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The Land That Has It All. 🇵🇰

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🏝️🇵🇰💸 Can Astola Island Become Pakistan’s Maldives?

Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi recently pointed out that Astola Island could be developed into a Maldives-style luxury destination, and the opportunity is genuinely massive.

Where Pakistan tourism stands today

Tourism contributes around 6% of GDP, roughly $25 billion annually Over 90% of this is domestic tourism International tourism is still largely untapped.

Meaning Pakistan has huge room to grow.

What if Astola became Pakistan’s Maldives?

If developed properly, Astola could become a high-end tourism hub, attracting international visitors and premium spending.

Think of a complete tourism model:

♦️Northern areas for adventure
♦️Cities for culture and history
♦️Astola as the luxury finish

A project like this could generate hundreds of millions to $1B+ annually long term, create jobs, and bring in valuable foreign exchange.

⚠️ The real challenges

This is where reality kicks in:

♦️Security and stability
Without trust, investors and tourists will not come

♦️Infrastructure
No airport, no water systems, no power, everything needs to be built from scratch

♦️Environmental protection
Astola is a sensitive marine area, development must be sustainable

♦️Investment reality
Requires hundreds of millions to billions in long-term, consistent funding

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Pakistan does not lack beauty or potential. We have mountains, deserts, coastline, history.

What we lack is execution, stability, and long-term planning.

Fix those, and projects like Astola are not just ideas.

They become inevitable.

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✍️🇵🇰 Why Pakistan as a mediator and not India?

The Middle East is already deep in conflict. Traditionally, countries like Qatar, Oman, or even Turkey would step in to mediate. But with the current situation, and Turkey itself under pressure, the space opened up for another player.

That’s where Pakistan comes in.

Pakistan sits in a unique position. It maintains working relations with the US, strong ties with Iran, and broader neutrality across multiple blocs. That balance matters in mediation because the moment you are seen as leaning too far one way, you lose credibility.

Now compare that with India.

India has very close ties with Israel politically, militarily, and ideologically. That alone makes it a non-starter in any negotiation involving Iran and its allies. You cannot walk into mediation already perceived as aligned with one side. That is not neutrality, that is bias.

Pakistan, on the other hand, does not even recognise Israel. That immediately shifts the dynamic. It removes influence and pressure that could otherwise shape the outcome of negotiations.

Even in official language, you can see the difference. References to “US and allies” instead of directly naming Israel show a deliberate positioning that keeps Pakistan outside of Israel’s political orbit.

At the same time, Pakistan maintains strong relations with Iran while also keeping functional ties with the US. That balance is rare, and it is exactly what makes a mediator viable.

Then there is the security factor.

Any negotiation needs a safe environment. Pakistan can provide that. Once parties are under its protection, the risk of interference drops significantly. That level of deterrence matters more than people realise.

So when you break it all down, it is not random, and it is not surprising.

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🔴 IRAN CEASEFIRE WILL ALSO INCLUDE LEBANON - ISRAEL'S YNET, CITING SECURITY SOURCES. ...

🇮🇷🇺🇸❗️ — Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi stated that for a period of two weeks, safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz would be possible with coordination from Iran’s Armed Forces and taking into account technical limitations.

Iran's new Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei approved Pakistan’s 2-week ceasefire proposal, after intense diplomacy and last-minute pressure from China.

Source: NYT

🇵🇰📞🇺🇸🇮🇷 — Prime Minister of Islamic Republic of Pakistan, Shehbaz Sharif, asks US President Donald Trump 2 more weeks for the talks to take place to end the war:

Diplomatic efforts for peaceful settlement of the ongoing war in the Middle East are progressing steadily, strongly and powerfully with the potential to lead to substantive results in near future.

To allow diplomacy to run its course, I earnestly request President Trump to extend the deadline for two weeks.

Pakistan, in all sincerity, requests the Iranian brothers to open Strait of Hormuz for a corresponding period of two weeks as a goodwill gesture.

We also urge all warring parties to observe a ceasefire everywhere for two weeks to allow diplomacy to achieve conclusive termination of war, in the interest of long-term peace and stability in the region.

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✍️ 🇵🇰 The Quiet Power: Pakistan’s Role in Preventing Escalation

Pakistan isn’t acting as a traditional mediator in the US–Iran crisis. There are no formal talks, and Iran publicly denies negotiations are even happening. Instead, Islamabad is doing something far more complex, managing the conditions that keep diplomacy alive under active conflict.

In real terms, that means keeping multiple pressure points stable at once: maintaining Iran’s engagement without internal hardliners shutting it down, keeping Washington’s diplomatic window open, and ensuring regional actors like Saudi Arabia don’t escalate.

Over just 72 hours, Pakistan:

– Held direct leadership calls with the US, Iran, and Saudi Arabia

– Acted as the channel for a US proposal to Tehran

– Coordinated with Turkey, Egypt, and Gulf partners

– Hosted a critical multilateral meeting shifted to Islamabad

One of the clearest signals of trust came when Iranian oil tankers transited the Strait of Hormuz under Pakistani flags. In a conflict where adversaries won’t speak directly, that kind of move is a deliberate message, Pakistan is trusted by both sides to carry signals safely.

At the same time, the process is under constant threat. Israeli strikes continue, and each escalation risks collapsing the narrow window for de-escalation. Pakistan’s role now also involves shaping the narrative calling out actions that undermine peace before they derail progress.

What’s at stake is far bigger than the region:

– Potential closure of the Strait of Hormuz
– Oil prices spiking beyond $200
– Global inflation and debt crises
– Long-term geopolitical instability

This isn’t about headline diplomacy. It’s about preventing a chain reaction the global system may not be able to absorb.

The window is short. The pressure is high. And Pakistan is at the centre of holding it together.

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On 6 January 2014, Aitzaz Hasan, a 15-year-old student from Hangu in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, carried out an act of extraordinary bravery that saved countless lives.

After identifying a suicide bomber attempting to enter his school, Aitzaz made the decision to intervene. He stopped the attacker at the entrance, preventing him from reaching over 2,000 students inside.

The explosives detonated during the confrontation, and Aitzaz was killed instantly.

His actions prevented a mass-casualty attack and led to him being recognised as a national hero. He was posthumously awarded the Sitara-e-Shujaat, one of Pakistan’s highest honours for bravery.

His legacy continues to be remembered across Pakistan as a powerful example of courage, sacrifice, and selflessness.

Rest in power, Aitzaz. Your legacy lives on. 🇵🇰

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🚨🇵🇰🤝🇮🇷 NEW: Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi thanked Pakistan for expressing solidarity with Iran and its people amid the ongoing conflict with the U.S. and Israel.

The statement came as a Pakistan-flagged oil tanker successfully transited the Strait of Hormuz, despite heavy restrictions on shipping during the crisis.

Also, we have hit 400 subs! ⚡️

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✍️ 🇷🇺🇨🇳🇮🇷 External Support: How Russia and China Are Backing Iran Indirectly

While Russia and China are not expected to enter the conflict kinetically, both countries remain major intelligence powers and appear to be assisting Iran from that angle.

Russia’s role is largely believed to involve regional surveillance and military monitoring. By sharing data on air activity, naval movements, and operational patterns across the Gulf, Moscow can help Iran track potential threats and identify strategic targets without deploying forces of its own. With Russia heavily engaged in the Ukraine war, intelligence cooperation is the most realistic form of support it can provide.

China’s involvement appears to focus more on satellite capability and technical cooperation. Beijing has extensive space-based surveillance systems and analysts believe satellite imagery and reconnaissance data may be helping Iran assess strike impacts and refine targeting.

Together, this kind of intelligence support can significantly increase battlefield awareness. Access to accurate surveillance and movement data makes it easier to identify specific targets and explains how Iran has been able to carry out relatively precise strikes against military positions in Israel and U.S. assets across parts of the Gulf.

Washington has warned both Moscow and Beijing against providing assistance that could escalate the conflict further. For now, however, their involvement appears to remain indirect, centred on intelligence, technology, and strategic coordination rather than direct military intervention.

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ThePulsePoint pinned «Another few posts on the current ongoing regional conflict or keep the posts related to Pakistan only? »

I could make a few analysis posts on the following:

How Russia & China is currently aiding Iran in this conflict.

World Economic downturn caused by this conflict.

Ukraine & Gulf countries in discussion for potential military equipment swaps.

American allies begging for the halt of this conflict.

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