Pakistan needs to immediately revisit its Kashmir diplomacy, believes Ambassador Abdul Basit
Ambassador Abdul Basit is a retired Pakistani diplomat who served also as former high commissioner of Pakistan to India. He is the President of, Pakistan Institute for Conflict and Security Studies (PICSS) which is an Islamabad-based Think Tank.
Islamabad, Pakistan: “Islamabad needs to immediately revisit its Kashmir diplomacy and inject some vigour and vim into it.”
This was said by Ambassador Abdul Basit who had served in India for long before his retirement. Ambassador Basit is the President, Pakistan Institute for Conflict and Security Studies (PICSS) which is an Islamabad-based Think Tank.
Pakistan needs to get serious in Public Diplomacy, says Ambassador Abdul Basit
January 28, 2021
Islamabad, Pakistan: Former Ambassador and Foreign Affairs expert Abdul Basit has said that Pakistan needs to get serious in Public Diplomacy.
In a conversation with Dispatch News Desk (DND) News Agency, Ambassador maintained that unfortunately, our (Pakistan) Foreign Office has no emphasis on Public Diplomacy.
Some important points of his conversation with DND are hereunder:
In the contemporary era, the use of social media as a tool of Public Diplomacy gains significant importance. As, there was a time when only national TV, radio, and newspapers were the most effective tools of public diplomacy. However, things changed altogether with the emergence of social media.