New Delhi, April 22 -- The cracks in Pakistan's peace broker image are now impossible to ignore. Iranian state media this week launched a sharp, public attack on Pakistan's Army Chief, General Asim Munir, accusing Islamabad of playing a "double game" in the US-Iran nuclear talks, tilting toward Washington while maintaining private access to Iranian leadership.
The broadside, aired during a televised debate on the Student News Network, has exposed a serious breakdown in trust between the two neighbors at the worst possible time for Pakistan, which has staked considerable diplomatic capital on positioning itself as the indispensable middleman in one of the world's most dangerous standoffs.
The criticism marks a significant and public breakd...