Did we have any economic interests in Afghanistan back in 80s that we threw our weight towards Afghan jihad? It's the national security that triumphed against all other considerations. Afghanistan kay bad humara number... that was the driving force. And maybe rightly so.
I hear your point about economic interests with GCC, but at what cost? If we join against Iran, in whatever capacity, there are only two scenario out of this. Either current Iranian regime get decimated and replaced by zionist cucks, like karzai type, where you will have zero say what goes in Iran and with guarantee that Iran will become playground for like of CIA/Mossad/RAW, and I don't need to tell you what will happen afterwards. The other scenario, equally bad, is current regime survive this and we will always see us as partners in crime.
Pakistan is currently ruled by military regime which has got zero mandate among masses, so when things go south, you will have no one who will take responsibility and held accountable.
When we project ourselves as security state or rather recently as hard state, shouldn't our own national security be our top most priority. We got mortal enemy in east, we have very successfully made Afghanistan our enemy, you wanna bring Iran as well in that equation?
Does whatever economic incentives the current military usurpers in Pakistan are selling to our masses, isn't it the same churan that was sold back after 9/11. What was the equation at the end of the day? Few billions dollars in aid, against 120 billion lost in economy due to unhinged terrorism that military establishment failed to curb, with 80k Pakistani dead.
I am sorry but whatever economic interests there might be, national security cannot be traded for that. GCC are not our neighbours, Iran is.