As Israeli attacks on Iran, and Tehran’s retaliatory strikes, enter their sixth day, the deepening conflict is sparking fears in Islamabad, say analysts, rooted in its complex ties with Tehran and the even greater unease at the prospect of the Israeli military’s aerial influence extending close to the Pakistani border.

Planning Minister Ahsan Iqbal said on Tuesday that Islamabad would not allow militants based in Iran and Afghanistan to take advantage of Tehran's ongoing conflict with Israel to increase its "terrorist" attacks in neighboring Pakistan.

Pakistan officials said the decision to close the border with Iran was taken due to ‘the volatile situation created due to the strikes by Israel’. The closure impacts key points vital for cross-border