Pakistan decides to prioritise China and Iran over US demands
Sat 12:43 pm +00:00, 22 Aug 2026Pakistani Deputy PM and another government spokesman say China will back Pakistan in walking away from US $10 billion stranglehold. Pakistan will stand firm extending China’s overland corridors through to Iran, as China wishes, against the wishes of the USA.
If the Mecca defensive alliance of Saudi, Turkey, Syria, UAE and Pakistan holds, and China is winning the game of influence in Pakistan, the strategic picture starts to emerge a little clearer as to who sides with who.










