Pakistan thought it won the peace. Now, it could be dragged into war.

Four weeks ago, Pakistan looked like one of the biggest winners of the U.S.-Iran war.Its army chief, Field Marshal Asim Munir, shuttled between Washington, Tehran and Gulf capitals for months. As part of his efforts, Pakistan hosted the first face-to-face U.S.-Iran talks in years and helped broker the Islamabad memorandum of understanding that Vice President JD Vance signed in June, thanking Munir and calling him one of the “very, very important people” in his life.Islamabad hired a Washington lobbying firm to convert that goodwill into defense cooperation and minerals investment, and Pakistan