Editing Politics of Pakistan (section)

=== Involvement of foreigners with Pakistani politics and politicians ===
At times there have been claims of foreigners getting very close to Pakistani political leaderships and deep state dispensations and have had possible indirect influential roles.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Two American women who created a stir in Pak politics|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/670086-two-american-women-who-created-a-stir-in-pak-politics|access-date=2020-06-09|website=www.thenews.com.pk|language=en}}</ref> Nahid Iskander Mirza (1919-2019), also cousin to Nusarat Bhutto, who was allegedly the wife of a military attaché at the Iranian embassy in Pakistan, married [[Iskander Mirza]], erstwhile president of Pakistan and claimed to have been instrumental in meeting out boundary concessions to Iran.<ref name=":0" /> [[Joanne Herring]], an American socialite, is widely believed to have influenced General Zia Ul Haq's foreign policies.<ref name=":0" /> Since the 2010s another American socialite [[Cynthia D. Ritchie]] claims her close association with Pakistani establishment.<ref name=":0" />