ISLAMABAD -- As the Iran-Israel conflict rolls on, Pakistan is walking a tightrope between maintaining the country's position as an important part of the Islamic world in diplomacy and closing the border with Iran to mitigate a spillover effect on the ground.
Iran tensions
Pakistan fears risk of spillover from Iran-Israel conflict
Old sectarian rifts and border tensions with Tehran raise Islamabad concern
Pakistani Shia Muslim supporters of the Majlis-e-Wahdat-e-Muslimeen party mounted an anti-Israeli protest in Islamabad on June 17 after its strikes on Iran. © Reuters
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