By Saeed Shah ISLAMABAD (Reuters) -Separatist and jihadist militants on the Pakistan-Iran border could take advantage of any collapse of authority in Iran, fears that Pakistan’s army chief pressed in a meeting this week with the U.

As Israeli attacks on Iran, and Tehran’s retaliatory strikes, enter their sixth day, the deepening conflict is sparking fears in Islamabad, say analysts, rooted in its complex ties with Tehran and the even greater unease at the prospect of the Israeli military’s aerial influence extending close to the Pakistani border.

A video of a former Iranian general went viral on X, in which he claimed that should Israel attack Iran with nuclear weapons, Pakistan would retaliate via nuclear action on Israel. Whilst Pakistani