In recent years, Pakistan has cultivated many friends over Islamism and shared geopolitical goals. However, none of them is likely to join it wholeheartedly in any conflict with India in the wake of the Pahalgam attack.

Pakistan's Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar has spoken to Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi over the phone. Pakistani Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar has apprised the Chinese Foreign Minister of the latest developments regarding the tension between India and Pakistan after the terrorist attack.

Michael Kugelman, a Washington-based South Asia analyst and writer for the Foreign Policy magazine, said India is now a much closer U.S. partner than Pakistan.