Pakistan’s hard work wasted! Who became the real scapegoat in Iran-America’s secret deal?

At present, a very shocking news is coming out from the corridors of international diplomacy, which has given sleepless nights to the rulers of the neighboring country Pakistan. For a long time, Pakistan had put all its efforts behind the scenes in preparing the ground for restoring peace in the Middle East and reducing the tension between Iran and America. Pakistani diplomats made several rounds from Washington to Tehran and tried their best to bring the two superpowers to one table. But now when a big secret deal between the two countries is on the verge of being finalized, Pakistan’s name seems to be completely missing from the credit race. In such a situation, a big question has arisen that despite so much effort, how did Pakistan become a mere ‘scapegoat’ in this entire geopolitical game. Behind the scenes, Pakistan had worked day and night, this is how the whole game changed. According to the reports of global experts and international media, Pakistan’s role in the exchange of prisoners between Iran and America, releasing frozen funds and starting backchannel negotiations on the nuclear program was very important in the beginning. Pakistan was seeing this mediation as a big opportunity to bring its deteriorating economy back on track and regain its lost credibility on the global stage. He hoped that if this deal was successful through his mediation, he could get a big economic package and diplomatic help from America and Gulf countries. However, as soon as the talks reached the final and decisive phase, the script of the entire incident suddenly changed and a third country entered. This country won in the race of credit, Pakistan got disappointed. Diplomatic sources say that when the turn came to agree on the main agenda between the two countries, then another influential and rich country of the Gulf region (like Qatar or Oman) took the entire command in its hands. The final round of secret meetings and routes of financial transactions were decided on the soil of this new intermediary country. Now when the news of this historic agreement is being published in the international media, this third country is being applauded all over the world. Pakistan’s name and its months of hard work have been completely sidelined in this entire scenario. The condition of Pakistan has now become like that of a helpless helper who made all the arrangements for the wedding, but the responsibility was tied to someone else. There is a stir in Pakistan due to being isolated on the international stage. After this major diplomatic setback, there is a stir in the Foreign Ministry and strategic circles of Pakistan. Even at the domestic level, the Shehbaz Sharif government is facing tough questions from the opposition and experts. Critics say that due to Pakistan’s weak economic condition and its decreasing credibility at the international level, the superpowers did not fully trust it and dropped it out of the game at the last moment. This incident has once again proved that without a strong economic and military status, no big position or credit can be achieved by merely running around on the big platforms of international diplomacy.