Foreign Policy of Pakistan and Its Challenges.
Objectives of Foreign Policy
1. Promoting Pakistan as a moderate, progressive, and democratic welfare Islamic country.
2. Developing friendly terms with all countries of the world, especially big economies, immediate neighbors and
Muslim countries and avoiding the policy of confrontation
3. Safeguarding national security and territorial integrity and prestige including Kashmiris’ right for self-
determination
4. Consolidating commercial and economic cooperation with the international community.
Safeguarding the interests of Pakistan at international level
5. Effective utilization of natural resources for regional and international cooperation and better economic and trade relations with other neighboring states.
6. Achieve international prestige, honour and recognition with its foreign policy, because a state is like an individual who likes that everyone respects its territorial integrity and give respect to its citizens.
Challenges to Pakistan Foreign Policy
• Pakistan’s security is seriously at stake in recent times
• Earlier threats were from India from the eastern border, Russia’s military adventure, and then Afghan civil war
• Presently, the threat from India as well as an internal and external extremist in the form of terrorism and boundaries violations.
• Suffered huge economic crises, more than $80 billion losses since 2001 and more than 50000 lives are utilized in war against terrorism.
• The atmosphere of fear and unrest in people and losing foreign investment due to war against terrorism continue to be a serious threat of Pakistan.