As Israeli attacks on Iran, and Tehran’s retaliatory strikes, enter their sixth day, the deepening conflict is sparking fears in Islamabad, say analysts, rooted in its complex ties with Tehran and the even greater unease at the prospect of the Israeli military’s aerial influence extending close to the Pakistani border.

Now spreading like wildfire on social media, the video shows him saying, “If Israel uses nuclear weapons, Pakistan will retaliate on Iran’s behalf with nukes of its own.” While the statement has not been officially confirmed by Iran’s state media,

Separatist and jihadist militants on the Pakistan-Iran border could take advantage of any collapse of authority in Iran, fears that Pakistan’s army chief pressed in a meeting this week with the U.S. President Donald Trump.