The only reason why France has shown some , LOVE to pakistan is simple they just opened a Air Base in UAE soil frist Army base so close to Pakistan Territory , if you have played the game civilization the first thing you do when you open a army base close to anothe civilization is that you offer a gift.
This is why Sarkozy offered a nuclear ? promise nuclear car, or lighter or bottle opener we don't know as he did not confirm what exactly they will offer that will be nuclear.
Now the whole story is , that also there is a strategic push to control the Middle east - one who controls the oil in the next World war will be the winner , becasue we all know Russia already has its share.
It could also be looked upon as an act - to perhaps take down Iranian nuclear facilities a joint - Airforce attack
200 Israeli fighters + 200 US Air fighters (Qater) + 200 French Airfighters (UAE)
You can envision - that perhaps even Pakistani nuclear weapons program could be a target
So its very suspectible what their intentions are but having so many fighter planes close to Pakistan and Iranian airs is unusual.
Perhaps there is a fear - that if Iran is Attacked , Pakistan will retaliate - or perhaps the whole idea is to come up with any excuse and take out Pakistani Nuke facilities and also whack Iran -
If we go back in time, east indian trading company which conquered Subcontinent also came in a friends with gifts , and promises to trade but we all know they also came with armies - and later enslaved the people ....
From a strategic point of view -
The move of french to be in Middle east is , that imagine if Israel attacs Iran , the other nations might combine air powers - and they might be able to neutralize Israel - if Pakistan jumps in so they need enough air fighters in regions to make sure that Pakistan is occupied with its own war.
But I read about French and US relationships and they seem to have a sour relationships as France is going weaker by the day , and is not a big world power , and US is bulling it alot - so it wants to make sure that France does not becomes dependent on US for every thing including oil.
Again there are alot of dynamics , perhaps NATO wants to be in region so in case russia decides to expand they will have planes so in essense - thet have their reasions they are not our friends - thats for sure only CHINA IS OUR FRIEND