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Pakistan has the second-largest Shia Muslim population after Iran, and it also maintains close relations with Gulf states, including a mutual defence pact signed last year with Saudi Arabia.
With the US-Israeli war on Iran - the first major military engagement with American involvement of the social-media era - the world is facing an information black box.
Operation Praying Mantis was the culmination of a decade of escalating tension and proxy warfare across the Middle East. The operation redrew the balance of power in the Gulf.
With the Iran war entering the fourth week, the much-anticipated visitors from the region have practically disappeared as air traffic disruptions continue.
The reported moves by Washington's Gulf partners indicate they are growing frustrated with Iran, which has responded to US and Israeli attacks by hitting targets in several nearby nations