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**FOREIGN POLICY OF PAKISTAN AND** **RELATIONSHIP WITH IRAN, CHINA,** **AFGHANISTAN, USA & INDIA** **Foreign Policy of Pakistan:** ***[Introduction]*** No country today can think of a life independent of other nations. EveryCountry has to develop relations with other countries so as to meets it...

**FOREIGN POLICY OF PAKISTAN AND** **RELATIONSHIP WITH IRAN, CHINA,** **AFGHANISTAN, USA & INDIA** **Foreign Policy of Pakistan:** ***[Introduction]*** No country today can think of a life independent of other nations. EveryCountry has to develop relations with other countries so as to meets itsrequirements in cconomical, industrial and techno- logical fields. It isthus necessary for every country to formulate a sound foreign policy. Pakistan is an important third world country in its developmental stage. It also has formulated her foreign policy keeping in mind its geography,politics and economics. **[DEFINITION OF FOREIGN POLICY:]** Foreign Policy can be defined as: It is reflection of domestic politics and an interaction among sovereignstates. It indicates the principles and preferences on which a countryacts to establish relations with another country. **[PAKISTAN\'S FOREIGN POLICY IN THE LIGHT OF QUAID-E-AZAM\'S WORDS]** i\. Our Foreign Policy is one of friendliness and good-will towards all the nations of the world. i\. We do not cherish aggressive designs against any country or nation. ii\. i. We believe in the policy of honesty and fair play in national and international dealings and are prepared to make our outmost contribution to the promotion of peace and prosperity among the nations of the world. iv\. Pakistan will never be found lacking in extending its material and moral support to the oppressed and suppressed of the United Nations Charter **[FEATURES OF PAKISTA\'S FOREIGN POLICY:]** 1\. **protection of independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity of Pakistan:** The Ist feature of Pakistan\'s foreign policy is protection of independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity of Pakistan, primary concern of Pakistan and for that matter every state is its security and survival. This is for key concern of Pakistan\'s foreign policy and Pakistan is in a position all the times to conduct its foreign policy and domestic affairs on the basis of its national interests and goals as defined by the leadership. Therefore attention has to be paid to the security affairs. [2. **Relations with all states:**] The second feature of Pakistan\'s foreign policy is the relations with all states. Pakistan maintains its relations with all kinds of states irrespective with the type of the political system; these states are adopting that's not Pakistan\'s concern, so Pakistan maintains relations with all kinds of states and the relations at the international level are maintained on the bases of common interest, what you need is certain areas of common interest. Those commo nalities of interests are the bases of good relations **[3. Relations with Major Powers:]** The nature of relations with major powers has varied. Here we can briefly mention Pakistan\'s relation with the major powers to have an idea of the fact that Pakistan conduct relationship with different anddiverse types of countries. **[i.United State:]** First let\'s say few words about United States, Pakistan-US relationshave been generally friendly, smooth and cordial butproblems developedfrom time to time and there are issues on which Pakistan and UnitedStates do not see eye to eye but despite differences they still worktogether for example some areas of differences are on nuclear issue,this is an area on which Pakistan and the United states have differencesand there are certain other issues on which both countries havereservations like arms sales, Kashmir etc. **[ii.China:]** Since the 60s China proved to be a reliable trustworthy and consistentfriend over the periods of decades and despite the fact Pakistan andChina have different domestic political systems, their domestic prioritiesare different but still they maintain veryinteraction. China had provided affective and consistent economicassistance to Pakistan and it had also contributed to the industrialdevelopment of Pakistan and in this context it is also important to notethat China had also made significant contribution to Pakistan\'s DefenceIndustry and it also extends support on diplomatic forums and onKashmir **[iii.Russia:]** With Soviet Union before 1991 and now Russia Pakistan has workingrelations with Russia but frequent problems remained unsolved duringthe period of Cold War. Within the South Asian contcxt Russia hadalways been remained favorable to India at the cost of its relations withPakistan. On Kashmir issuc, her attitude has been ranged from pro Indiato neutrality **[4.Economic Issues, Trade, Investment]**: The forth important feature of Pakistan\'s foreign policy relates economic issues, trade and investment. These issues are important all the times even in the past but now for the last 10 years economic issues, trade and investment have gained a lot of importance in the foreign policy of all the countries and Pakistan also pursued that objective. For that purpose Pakistan deals with other countries and several other international financial institutions in order to obtain economic assistance for its development projects and to obtain loans which Pakistan gets from international financial institutions and also from the states. **[5.Muslim States]** The fifth feature of Pakistan\'s foreign policy is its relations with theMuslim states. Pakistan attaches great importance to developingrelations and the ties with the Muslim States.Itprinciples of Pakistan\'s foreign policy. Being Islamic country, Pakistanhas been always in search of good relations with the Muslim countries. It has been a central point in the ideology of Pakistan even beforeIndependence. **[6. Solidarity with the Developing States:]** The sixth feature of Pakistan\'s foreign policy is solidarity with theDeveloping States. Pakistan is a developing country, trying to developitself in all fields of life in economic development in industry and other areas **[7.United Nations:]** Next feature of Pakistan\'s foreign policy relates to its membership withUN and other international bodies. Pakistan joined the UN as a newmember on Sept. 30, 1947. And since then it has commitment to the UNCharter and is an active member in UN bodies. One Pakistani has servedas the president of the UN General Assembly and Pakistan has been anon permanent member of the UN Security Council for 6 times and thelatest membership for the SC is the year 2003-04 **[8.Anti-Colonialism, Right of Self Determination:]** Next feature of Pakistan\'s foreign policy is Pakistan\'s support to anti-colonialism and opposition to the racial discrimination that existed inthe past and sometimes it now manifest in certain parts of the World. **[9.Arms Control]** The next feature of foreign policy is Arms Control. Pakistan is not infavour of spread of weapons and arms in the international systembecause diverts resources to non development purposes and if armsand weapons proliferate there is a danger of wars and conflict thereforePakistan had joined global efforts to control weapons and that control. **[10.Nuclear Policy:]** Pakistan has been a great champion and supporter of peaceful uses ofnuclear technology although Pakistan has acquired nuclear manufacturing capabilities in the mid 80s but Pakistan avoided makingweapons. Pakistan avoided nuclear explosions despite having theknowledge and capability of processing Uranium, Plutonium. It wasonly for the sake of deterrence and reaction to India\'s nuclear explosionsPakistan was of the view that this technology should primarily be usedfor economic development and for betterment of the people rather thanfor making weapons **[11.Control of Terrorism:]** The last feature of Pakistani foreign policy is control of terrorism. Since year 2001 Pakistan is an active participant in global efforts to contain terrorism. The issue of terrorism gained prominence as the UN took the issue and passed a resolution calling up the states to cooperate for controlling terrorism. Pakistan has been cooperating with the international community for the control of terrorism because Pakistan itself has been a victim of terrorism. **Basic Goals of Pakistan\'s Foreign Policy**: **A country frames its foreign policy in the light of its domestic policies.** Foreign policy of a country does not remain static but it changesaccording to time and circumstances Pakistan\'s principles of foreignpolicy are its ideology and national integration.Its foreign policy was determined by three factors: Basic Goals of Foreign Policy:Following are the basic goals: 1. National Security 2.Development 3.Ideology **[1. National Security:]** National Security occupies first place in the foreign policy of Pakistansince its independence Pakistan\'s national security is being threatenedby the India because British left the Kashmir issue unsolved and threewars have been fought by both countries. **[2. Economic Interest:]** Pakistan as a developing country is also needed to establish and maintaincordial relations with those states with whom it can maximize its traderelations or from whom it can obtain maximum economic aid. **[3. Islamic Solidarity:]** Pakistan would pursue its ideological objective and would like toachieve the objective of Islamic Solidarity by promoting its relationswith Islamic world and by preserving its Islamic ideology. **[4. Peaceful Co-existence:]** Pakistan would believe in peaceful co-existence and would respect theother countries territorial integrity and sovereignty and non- interferencein other\'s internal affairs.