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As Pakistan mediates US-Iran ceasefire, how ‘crypto bro’ Bilal Bin Saqib reset ties in Trump 2.0  | Cut The Clutter

Episode 1673 of #CutTheClutter, originally published on 31 May 2025, connects the dots to explain how Pakistan inveigled its way into the White House in Trump's second term.

US-Iran agree to two-week ceasefire brokered by Pakistan, invited to Islamabad for further talks

Twin announcements by US President Trump & Iranian Foreign Minister Araghchi bring six-week long conflict across West Asia to temporary halt.

How a 35-Year-old crypto bro helped Pakistan win over Trump world

Pakistan’s adept use of crypto diplomacy has buttressed a burgeoning friendship between Trump and Munir.

‘Pakistan’s systemic victimisation of minorities’—India slams Asim Munir’s Shias ‘can go to Iran’ remark

Pakistani Army Chief last week blamed Shia community for outbreak of violence during protests following the killing of Iran’s Ayatollah Ali Khamenei by the US and Israel.

‘If you love Iran, go to Iran’—Pakistan Army chief Asim Munir issues stern warning to Shia clerics

Field Marshal Asim Munir told Shia clerics at a Rawalpindi Iftar gathering that those who loved Iran were free to leave—remarks that community leaders called inflammatory.

Op Sindoor shifted something in Pakistani nuclear command structure. It puts the region in danger

New Delhi’s new modus operandi vis-à-vis responding to Pakistan undermines Islamabad’s asymmetric nuclear posture, particularly its battlefield nuclear weapons.

Asim Munir can’t be seen serving Israel. Trump’s Board of Peace puts Pakistan in tough spot

Islamabad is caught between the devil and the deep blue sea —it can't say no to Trump’s plan to use Pakistani troops in the stabilisation force but it can't agree to commit either.

Munir meets Haftar amid $4 bn defence deal talks. Why Pakistan & eastern Libya are strengthening ties

Haftar's visit to Pakistan comes just a month after Field Marshal Asim Munir’s trip to Libya’s Benghazi from 17 to 19 December.

Asim Munir & Shehbaz Sharif are jokes in Pakistan. Deal with India is another betrayal by Trump

Bilal AI, a Pakistani creator known for his AI images, shared an image of a crying Sharif and Munir alongside Trump and Modi on the India Today cover.

On Camera

What can be expected from the ongoing talks in Islamabad? Odds of resolution remain slim

The initial ceasefire functioned less as a resolution and more as a pause—an opportunity for both sides to recalibrate, while claiming victory.

India bond yields rise as RBI moves to drain liquidity, lift overnight rates

New Delhi: India’s sovereign bond yields rose after the central bank announced its first step this year to drain cash from the banking system,...

Army promotes Col Purohit, acquitted in 2008 Malegaon blast case, to Brigadier; to not retire yet

This means he will serve Indian Army for a minimum of another 2 years as Brigadier, unless he picks up the next rank of Major General.

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.