diff --git a/src/components/Attachments/AttachmentCarousel/Pager/AttachmentCarouselPagerContext.ts b/src/components/Attachments/AttachmentCarousel/Pager/AttachmentCarouselPagerContext.ts
index 5afee6916524..3d4cb36dc0a9 100644
--- a/src/components/Attachments/AttachmentCarousel/Pager/AttachmentCarouselPagerContext.ts
+++ b/src/components/Attachments/AttachmentCarousel/Pager/AttachmentCarouselPagerContext.ts
@@ -47,6 +47,9 @@ type AttachmentCarouselPagerContextValue = {
 
     /** Callback for attachment errors */
     onAttachmentError?: (source: AttachmentSource, state?: boolean) => void;
+
+    /** In case we need a gesture that should work simultaneously with panning in MultiGestureCanvas */
+    externalGestureHandler?: GestureType;
 };
 
 const AttachmentCarouselPagerContext = createContext<AttachmentCarouselPagerContextValue | null>(null);
diff --git a/src/components/Attachments/AttachmentCarousel/Pager/index.tsx b/src/components/Attachments/AttachmentCarousel/Pager/index.tsx
index 9e98328eb1d1..bf0d37c058a7 100644
--- a/src/components/Attachments/AttachmentCarousel/Pager/index.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Attachments/AttachmentCarousel/Pager/index.tsx
@@ -2,9 +2,7 @@ import type {ForwardedRef, SetStateAction} from 'react';
 import React, {useCallback, useEffect, useImperativeHandle, useMemo, useRef, useState} from 'react';
 import type {NativeSyntheticEvent} from 'react-native';
 import {View} from 'react-native';
-import type {NativeViewGestureHandlerProps} from 'react-native-gesture-handler';
-import {createNativeWrapper} from 'react-native-gesture-handler';
-import type {PagerViewProps} from 'react-native-pager-view';
+import {Gesture, GestureDetector} from 'react-native-gesture-handler';
 import PagerView from 'react-native-pager-view';
 import Animated, {useAnimatedProps, useSharedValue} from 'react-native-reanimated';
 import CarouselItem from '@components/Attachments/AttachmentCarousel/CarouselItem';
@@ -15,14 +13,7 @@ import shouldUseNewPager from '@libs/shouldUseNewPager';
 import AttachmentCarouselPagerContext from './AttachmentCarouselPagerContext';
 import usePageScrollHandler from './usePageScrollHandler';
 
-const WrappedPagerView = createNativeWrapper(PagerView) as React.ForwardRefExoticComponent<
-    PagerViewProps &
-        NativeViewGestureHandlerProps &
-        React.RefAttributes<React.Component<PagerViewProps>> & {
-            useNext: boolean;
-        }
->;
-const AnimatedPagerView = Animated.createAnimatedComponent(WrappedPagerView);
+const AnimatedPagerView = Animated.createAnimatedComponent(PagerView);
 
 type AttachmentCarouselPagerHandle = {
     setPage: (selectedPage: number) => void;
@@ -93,6 +84,8 @@ function AttachmentCarouselPager(
 
     const extractItemKey = useCallback((item: Attachment, index: number) => `attachmentID-${item.attachmentID}-${index}`, []);
 
+    const nativeGestureHandler = Gesture.Native();
+
     const contextValue = useMemo(
         () => ({
             pagerItems,
@@ -104,8 +97,9 @@ function AttachmentCarouselPager(
             onSwipeDown: onClose,
             onScaleChanged: handleScaleChange,
             onAttachmentError,
+            externalGestureHandler: nativeGestureHandler,
         }),
-        [pagerItems, activePageIndex, isPagerScrolling, isScrollEnabled, handleTap, onClose, handleScaleChange, onAttachmentError],
+        [pagerItems, activePageIndex, isPagerScrolling, isScrollEnabled, handleTap, onClose, handleScaleChange, nativeGestureHandler, onAttachmentError],
     );
 
     const animatedProps = useAnimatedProps(() => ({
@@ -141,19 +135,21 @@ function AttachmentCarouselPager(
 
     return (
         <AttachmentCarouselPagerContext.Provider value={contextValue}>
-            <AnimatedPagerView
-                pageMargin={40}
-                offscreenPageLimit={1}
-                onPageScroll={pageScrollHandler}
-                onPageSelected={onPageSelected}
-                style={styles.flex1}
-                initialPage={initialPage}
-                useNext={shouldUseNewPager()}
-                animatedProps={animatedProps}
-                ref={pagerRef}
-            >
-                {carouselItems}
-            </AnimatedPagerView>
+            <GestureDetector gesture={nativeGestureHandler}>
+                <AnimatedPagerView
+                    pageMargin={40}
+                    offscreenPageLimit={1}
+                    onPageScroll={pageScrollHandler}
+                    onPageSelected={onPageSelected}
+                    style={styles.flex1}
+                    initialPage={initialPage}
+                    useNext={shouldUseNewPager()}
+                    animatedProps={animatedProps}
+                    ref={pagerRef}
+                >
+                    {carouselItems}
+                </AnimatedPagerView>
+            </GestureDetector>
         </AttachmentCarouselPagerContext.Provider>
     );
 }
diff --git a/src/components/Lightbox/index.tsx b/src/components/Lightbox/index.tsx
index ec0c6e5efcaa..e9ae48eaacda 100644
--- a/src/components/Lightbox/index.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Lightbox/index.tsx
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import {getCanvasFitScale} from '@components/MultiGestureCanvas/utils';
 import useNetwork from '@hooks/useNetwork';
 import useStyleUtils from '@hooks/useStyleUtils';
 import useThemeStyles from '@hooks/useThemeStyles';
-import * as FileUtils from '@libs/fileDownload/FileUtils';
+import {isLocalFile} from '@libs/fileDownload/FileUtils';
 import NUMBER_OF_CONCURRENT_LIGHTBOXES from './numberOfConcurrentLightboxes';
 
 const cachedImageDimensions = new Map<string, ContentSize | undefined>();
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ function Lightbox({isAuthTokenRequired = false, uri, onScaleChanged: onScaleChan
         onSwipeDown,
         pagerRef,
         isScrollEnabled,
+        externalGestureHandler,
     } = useMemo(() => {
         if (attachmentCarouselPagerContext === null) {
             return {
@@ -78,6 +79,7 @@ function Lightbox({isAuthTokenRequired = false, uri, onScaleChanged: onScaleChan
                 onScaleChanged: () => {},
                 onSwipeDown: () => {},
                 pagerRef: undefined,
+                externalGestureHandler: undefined,
             };
         }
 
@@ -201,7 +203,7 @@ function Lightbox({isAuthTokenRequired = false, uri, onScaleChanged: onScaleChan
         [onScaleChangedContext, onScaleChangedProp],
     );
 
-    const isLocalFile = FileUtils.isLocalFile(uri);
+    const isALocalFile = isLocalFile(uri);
 
     return (
         <View
@@ -224,6 +226,7 @@ function Lightbox({isAuthTokenRequired = false, uri, onScaleChanged: onScaleChan
                                 onTap={onTap}
                                 onScaleChanged={scaleChange}
                                 onSwipeDown={onSwipeDown}
+                                externalGestureHandler={externalGestureHandler}
                             >
                                 <Image
                                     source={{uri}}
@@ -264,13 +267,13 @@ function Lightbox({isAuthTokenRequired = false, uri, onScaleChanged: onScaleChan
                     )}
 
                     {/* Show activity indicator while the lightbox is still loading the image. */}
-                    {isLoading && (!isOffline || isLocalFile) && (
+                    {isLoading && (!isOffline || isALocalFile) && (
                         <ActivityIndicator
                             size="large"
                             style={StyleSheet.absoluteFill}
                         />
                     )}
-                    {isLoading && !isLocalFile && <AttachmentOfflineIndicator />}
+                    {isLoading && !isALocalFile && <AttachmentOfflineIndicator />}
                 </>
             )}
         </View>
diff --git a/src/components/MultiGestureCanvas/index.tsx b/src/components/MultiGestureCanvas/index.tsx
index 22a336c822e8..6638d0eb0555 100644
--- a/src/components/MultiGestureCanvas/index.tsx
+++ b/src/components/MultiGestureCanvas/index.tsx
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 import type {ForwardedRef} from 'react';
 import React, {useCallback, useEffect, useMemo, useRef} from 'react';
 import {View} from 'react-native';
-import type {GestureType} from 'react-native-gesture-handler';
 import {Gesture, GestureDetector} from 'react-native-gesture-handler';
+import type {GestureType} from 'react-native-gesture-handler';
 import type {GestureRef} from 'react-native-gesture-handler/lib/typescript/handlers/gestures/gesture';
 import type PagerView from 'react-native-pager-view';
 import type {SharedValue} from 'react-native-reanimated';
@@ -57,6 +57,9 @@ type MultiGestureCanvasProps = ChildrenProps & {
 
     /** Handles swipe down event */
     onSwipeDown?: OnSwipeDownCallback;
+
+    /** We need to ensure that any native gesture handlers in this component tree is working simultaneously with panning and do not get blocked. */
+    externalGestureHandler?: GestureType;
 };
 
 const defaultContentSize = {width: 1, height: 1};
@@ -74,6 +77,7 @@ function MultiGestureCanvas({
     onTap,
     onScaleChanged,
     onSwipeDown,
+    externalGestureHandler,
 }: MultiGestureCanvasProps) {
     const styles = useThemeStyles();
     const StyleUtils = useStyleUtils();
@@ -264,12 +268,14 @@ function MultiGestureCanvas({
 
     const containerStyles = useMemo(() => [styles.flex1, StyleUtils.getMultiGestureCanvasContainerStyle(canvasSize.width)], [StyleUtils, canvasSize.width, styles.flex1]);
 
+    const panGestureWrapper = externalGestureHandler ? panGesture.simultaneousWithExternalGesture(externalGestureHandler) : panGesture;
+
     return (
         <View
             collapsable={false}
             style={containerStyles}
         >
-            <GestureDetector gesture={Gesture.Simultaneous(pinchGesture, Gesture.Race(singleTapGesture, doubleTapGesture, panGesture))}>
+            <GestureDetector gesture={Gesture.Simultaneous(pinchGesture, Gesture.Race(singleTapGesture, doubleTapGesture, panGestureWrapper))}>
                 <View
                     collapsable={false}
                     onTouchEnd={(e) => e.preventDefault()}