This is apropos a letter to the Editor titled “NATO distances itself from Trump’s Iran strategy” carried by the newspaper in recent days.
Concluding, the hope, voiced quietly in many capitals and loudly on many streets, is that restraint will prevail—that sovereignty will be respected, diplomacy will be given room to work, and the world will be spared another chapter of destruction written in the name of security.
The coming days and weeks will test that hope. They will reveal whether the pause in escalation is a turning point or merely an interlude. For a world already burdened by conflict, climate strain, and economic uncertainty, the stakes could hardly be higher.
Copyright Business Recorder, 2026
The writer is a former Press Secretary to the President, An ex-Press Minister at Embassy of Pakistan to France, a former MD, SRBC Macomb, Detroit, Michigan