FOREIGN POLICY OF

PAKISTAN

Presented by:
WAQAR UL HAQ
In this Presentation we will discuss:

 What is Foreign Policy?

 Principles of Pakistan’s Foreign Policy

 Objectives of Pakistan’s Foreign Policy

 Determinants of Pakistan’s Foreign Policy

 Pakistan’s relations with other Countries

 What is Foreign Policy?

“The foreign policy is establishment and

development of relations with other countries in
order to protect the national interests by taking
appropriate steps at international level.”
Principles of Pakistan’s Foreign Policy

 Peaceful Coexistence

 Non-alignment

 United Nations Charter

 Unity of Islamic World

 International and regional Cooperation

Objectives of Pakistan’s Foreign Policy

 National Security

 Economic Development

 Ideology
Determinants of Pakistan’s Foreign
Policy
 Administrative Troika

 Ministry of Foreign Affairs

 Intelligence Agencies

 Political Parties and Pressure Groups

 Parliament
Pakistan’s Relations with other
countries
 Pakistan has good foreign relations with China, Iran,
Saudi Arabia and other countries of the Persian Gulf.

 Pakistan has complicated and inconsistent relations

with the United States.

 Relations between Pakistan and India have not been

great historically, but they are moving in the right
direction of late.

 Relations between Pakistan and Russia have

improved over the past year or so. This has been a
major success in our foreign policy.