Published on, Aug. 27 -- August 27, 2025 6:38 AM

The joint pledge by Pakistan's Field Marshal Asim Munir and Iran's General Abdolrahim Mousavi to eradicate terrorism along their 900-kilometre frontier is the first genuine convergence between two neighbours long divided by mistrust, but now united in seeing stability as the currency of prosperity.

By vowing to transform a border scarred by violence into one of "friendship, brotherhood and economic development," Islamabad and Tehran have begun to situate security within a larger regional vision.

That vision was evident earlier this month when Presidents Asif Ali Zardari and Masoud Pezeshkian announced plans to raise bilateral trade to $10 billion and signed agreements across energy, agri...