POST 9/11…

CHALLENGES FACED by PAKISTAN…

 Major Turns in Nawaz Sharif Govt.
• Drone Strikes reduced.

• Due to Do more, stopped military assistance that was 450 million

dollar.(2011-2013).

• General Raheel Shareef was awarded legion of merit.

• Deal of purchasing new F-16 was cancelled because US refused to

provide subsidies.

• US Senate referred a bill to declare Pakistan a terrorist State in 2016.

 Post 9/11 challenges faced by Pakistan
• Pakistan faced worst dilemma of life. It seemed as Pakistani
President and officials have become the sole spokesmen for
the US in threatening the Taliban and want to convey that our
cooperation in the US lead effort is unconditional and we
would not even let our national interest and integrity come in
way of this cooperation.
• In Musharraf own words, 9/11 “came as a thunderbolt”
presenting acute challenges as well as opportunities.
• The important challenges faced by Pakistan in changed world
scenario after 9/11 events are Pakistan nuclear program.
• Kashmir issue, anti terrorism movement and the economy of
Pakistan.
 Post 9/11 challenges faced by Pakistan:
• Indo-US strategic and civil cooperation agreements, a ten years defense
pact, a nuclear agreement and agreement on civil nuclear cooperation.
(2004-14).
• The situation in Pakistan has assumed many alarming proportions as the
suicide bombers that once targeted the American soldiers and Western
installations in Afghanistan has turned their guns towards Pakistan.
• Pakistani forces are fighting against terrorists and insurgents on its own
soil. Drone attacks on our people by US led forces have become daily
routine. US special operations forces seemed in FATA to provoke
Pakistan army to launch full scale attack in North Waziristan.
• The later act of terrorism has ensured that Pakistani living America will
again be singled out in their workplace, recreational centers, school,
colleges, restaurants, trains, buses, and even on the streets. Pak army are
fighting against terrorists and all these thorns will be gradually weeded
• A proxy war is being fought on our soil. Pakistan is the only Muslim
country with an ongoing military operation against its own people.
We have brought the anti-Taliban war into Pakistan which puts our
armed forces on the wrong side of the people.

• Our sovereignty is being violated. Our freedom of action in our own

interest is being questioned and undermined. We are accepting the
responsibility for crimes we have not committed. Our problems are
further implicated by the complex regional configuration with
American sitting in Afghanistan, new Indo-US nexus (links) and
Indian increasing influence in Afghanistan. Our domestic failures
have seriously constricted our foreign policy options. Our problems
are not external but domestic. We need domestic consolidation
(unity), politically, economically and socially.
 PAK/US RELATIONS: CURRENT SCENARIO…
Bilateral Economic Relations:

• Major U.S. investments concentrated in consumer goods, chemicals,

energy, agriculture, business process out-sourcing, transportation
and communications.

• Pakistan has made some progress, ranking 108 in the World Bank‘s
most recent Ease of Doing Business index in 2019, a 28-slot
improvement from its prior review.

• The United States continue to work with Pakistan to achieve further

business climate enhancements.
 PAK/US RELATIONS: CURRENT SCENARIO…
Civilian Assistance to Pakistan:

• Program is to partner with Pakistan in its development toward

security, stability, prosperity and self-reliance.

• Refugees and refugee-hosting communities; law enforcement; civil

society; people-to-people exchanges and countering infectious
diseases, such as COVID-19 and Polio.
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 Quiz No.3 Next Week (MCQs Based…)

Topics Covered in:

• Week 10
• Week 11
• Week 12
• Week 13