Delegate Name: Committee:

Fuzail Ahmad Pakistan National Assembly

Representing: Personality:
Government College University, Lahore. Imran Khan

Position Paper for Revamping Pakistan’s Foreign Policy in International Arena

Islamic Republic of Pakistan maintains a large diplomatic network across the world. Pakistan is the second
largest Muslim-majority country in terms of population and is only Muslim majority nation to have tested
nuclear weapons. Pakistan's economy is integrated into the world with strong trade ties to the EU and
economic alliances and agreements with many Asian nations. Pakistan has a strategically important geo-
political location, has Afghanistan, China, India and Iran in immediate neighbourhood, is at the corridor of
world major maritime oil supply lines, and is located between gas & oil rich Middle East and world's
population centres (East & South Asia). Pakistan has been maintaining a tensed relationship with
neighbouring Republic of India and close relationships with People's Republic of China and Arab nations.
Pakistan is a member of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), is named by the US as a major non-
NATO ally in the war against terrorism and one of founding members of IMCTC.

In light of the guiding principles laid down by the founding fathers and the constitution as also aspirations
of the people of Pakistan, the objectives of foreign policy can be summarized as under:
 Promotion of Pakistan as a dynamic, progressive, moderate, and democratic Islamic country.
 Developing friendly relations with all countries of the world, especially major powers and immediate
neighbours.
 Safeguarding national security and geo-strategic interests, including Kashmir.
 Consolidating our commercial and economic cooperation with international community.
 Safeguarding the interests of Pakistani Diaspora abroad.
 Ensuring optimal utilization of national resources for regional and international cooperation.
All of these steps were carried out and policies were formulated but again at the end Pakistan was handed
over to the new government with weak roots and a hollow structure that needed a new born policy manual
without which it was leading to constant decline.

In the preamble of Foreign Policy section, our government first focused about Pakistan’s economic crisis
and the need for the country, as a result, to make peace with all its neighbours. This is obviously a laudable
goal but one that has eluded Pakistan for decades. First on our list of countries was China, which the Prime
Minister said has “given a chance” to Pakistan through the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor investments.
He noted the success China has had lifting seven hundred million people out of poverty. He noted the “War
on Terror” and the “Afghan jihad,” and said that Afghanistan’s people have suffered the most and needed
peace. Pakistan would make all efforts to bring an end to the conflict. Khan said surprisingly little about this
complex relationship with USA but did call for a “mutually beneficial” relationship as opposed to the “one-
way” present state of ties, which he says had brought much harm to Pakistan. Khan appeared to suggest that
he would like to see Pakistan play a possible peacemaker role in the Middle East. If India-Pakistan ties could
improve, that would benefit all. He highlighted his desire to improve trade and commercial ties to benefit
both countries and reduce poverty. He also, expectedly, said that Kashmir is the core issue, and that he was
ready to take “two steps” forward to improve ties.