Opinion: Pakistan Plays Both Friend and Foe in Iran-Saudi Rivalry
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Following the Pakistani President's visits to Tehran and Jeddah in recent weeks, both Iranian and Saudi media have reported that Pakistan may be positioning itself to play a mediating role between the two regional foes; a view that has also been tested in the Pakistani media.
Leveraging political clout
To be sure, Islamabad has influence with Iran and, even more so, with Saudi Arabia. A glance at the history of relations between Pakistan, on the one hand, and Saudi Arabia and Iran...
