July 6, 2021
The PTI government s outbursts on foreign policy issues stem from a lack of nuanced understanding of determining factors and drivers which underpin Pakistan s relations with the outside powers. It is more noticeable in the context of Pakistan-US relations.
The latest pronouncements like absolutely no and partner in peace and not in war by Prime Minister Imran Khan are political rhetoric and a public snub to the US, not subtle diplomatic messaging, bordering arrogance which tends to hurt Pakistan s objectives in foreign policy, strategic orientation and its posture in international relations towards dealing with still the dominant superpower. They aim at only securing brownie points with his galleries. It is even more degrading to weaponise Pakistan-US bilaterals for public point-scoring when Washington has not even asked for bases as PM s NSA Moeed Yousuf clarified.
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Military and intelligence leaders on Thursday called for avoiding divisive politics on issues of national interest as they cautioned that strategic challenges and related policy shift in external relations could have repercussions for the country. APP/File
ISLAMABAD: Military and intelligence leaders on Thursday called for avoiding divisive politics on issues of national interest as they cautioned that strategic challenges and related policy shift in external relations could have repercussions for the country.
This was the crux of a briefing given by Inter-Services Intelligence (IS) Director General Lt Gen Faiz Hameed to the Parliamentary Committee on National Security on the spectrum of possible threats and the regional environment the situation emerging in Afghanistan after the withdrawal of foreign forces from there and the stalemate in peace talks, the developments in Occupied Jammu and Kashmir, and US efforts to contain China, according to a source privy to the proceedings
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