Pakistan has urged calm and diplomacy in the face of escalating tensions around Iran with Islamabad’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations Ambassador Asim Iftikhar Ahmad telling the UN Security Council that the threat or use of force would only worsen instability in a region already under strain stressing that disputes must be resolved through peaceful means and in line with international law while warning that continued hostilities and unilateral actions risk unnecessary humanitarian suffering and undermining both regional and global peace as Pakistan says it is carefully watching developments involving heightened rhetoric from the United States toward Iran describes Tehran as a unneighborly and brotherly country with deep historical cultural and religious ties and calls for restraint dialogue and mutual respect to normalize the situation swiftly for the benefit of Pakistan the wider region and beyond.
