Pakistan Closes The Iranian Border While Tehran Trades Strikes With Israel

June 16, 2025 / By Zunair Tahir / Pakistan News

As Israel and Iran trade heavy strikes and threaten further attacks, Pakistan said Monday that it has blocked all of its border crossings with neighboring Iran for an indeterminate length of time.
As Israel and Iran trade heavy strikes and threaten further assaults, Pakistan said Monday that it has blocked all of its border crossings with neighboring Iran for an indeterminate length of time.
Qadir Bakhsh Pirkani, a senior official in the Iranian border region of Balochistan, told AFP that “border facilities in all five districts — Chaghi, Washuk, Panjgur, Kech, and Gwadar — have been suspended.”

Atta ul Munim, an officer at one of the crossings in the Chaghi area, stated that entry into Iran “has been suspended until further notice.”
He clarified, however, that there was “no ban on trade” activity at the border and that Pakistani people who needed to leave Iran to return to their country may do so.
About 200 Pakistani students are anticipated to arrive today, Atta stated.

Ishaq Dar, the foreign minister of Pakistan, announced on Sunday that 450 Pakistani pilgrims had been evacuated from Iran and Iraq, the two nations that are home to the holiest sites in Shiite Islam, with more to follow.
The only Muslim-majority nation with nuclear weapons, Pakistan, declared Friday that it “stands in solidarity with the Government and the people of Iran” against Israeli assaults that neither Tehran nor Islamabad acknowledge.
On Monday, Khawaja Asif, the defense minister of Pakistan, accused Israel of lacking “any international nuclear discipline” and cautioned that the world “should be wary and apprehensive about Israel’s nuclear prowess.”

Despite not having proclaimed it, Israel is the only nuclear-armed state in the Middle East.
According to media reports, Pakistan could back Tehran if the war intensifies, but Islamabad authorities have reaffirmed that their nation is merely demonstrating “moral and diplomatic solidarity.”
The border between Shiite-majority Iran and Pakistan, which is primarily Sunni, runs more than 900 kilometers (560 miles).
The two neighbors have a complicated relationship; Pakistan is frequently cautious of US-led sanctions on Tehran while also being aware of its relationship with Riyadh, which has frequently assisted in reviving its economy by forgiving past-due loans.

Officials have pledged to increase the two nations’ $3 billion in bilateral commerce to $10 billion in the upcoming years.