Washington, July 8 -- US Senator Rick Scott has questioned Islamabad's role as a mediator in the US-Iran ceasefire agreement, accusing Pakistan of "hypocrisy" after Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif travelled to Tehran to attend the funeral of Iran's late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

Sharing a video on social media platform X, the US lawmaker highlighted footage of Sharif paying tribute to the 86-year-old Shia cleric, who was killed on 28 February during the opening day of the US-Israeli military conflict with Iran. The clip captured the costly Pakistani premier describing Khamenei as "a great scholar and leader whom millions of Muslims will remember", while declaring that "Pakistan and Iran will march together under all ...