New Delhi, April 5 -- Former Indian Ambassador to the UAE, Sunjay Sudhir, delivered a blunt assessment of Islamabad's standing in West Asian diplomacy, asserting that Pakistan was never a "mediator" in the Iran-US conflict, but merely a "messenger at best."

Speaking to ANI, highlighted a growing "trust deficit" and financial pressure that appear to be isolating Islamabad on the global stage. He noted that true mediation requires both conflicting parties to sit at the table with the intermediary--a scenario that never materialised for Pakistan.

"I think the two things which you have spoken about speak of the credibility of Pakistan. Because Pakistan, till yesterday, was tom-tomming the fact that it is a mediator. It was actually far from...