In recent years, Pakistan has cultivated many friends over Islamism and shared geopolitical goals. However, none of them is likely to join it wholeheartedly in any conflict with India in the wake of the Pahalgam attack.

China is trying to step in as a "Big Brother" for India and Pakistan after the deadly Pahalgam terror attack. Beijing has offered to mediate and help defuse rising tensions between the two nuclear-armed neighbors,