Pakistan, June 17 -- Chief of Defence Forces Field Marshal Asim Munir played a decisive role in Pakistan's mediation during the US-Iran crisis, helping prevent a wider regional war that could have carried grave consequences for the Middle East and the Muslim world, security sources told journalists during an important media session.

The briefing covered key national security matters, including the Islamabad peace deal, the Indus Waters Treaty, Kashmir, Afghanistan and Balochistan. Security sources maintained that Pakistan's civil and military leadership had not pursued mediation for any narrow objective, but for regional stability and peace within the Muslim Ummah.

"This was a war won by Field Marshal Asim Munir through sincerity, compe...