ISLAMABAD: Policy Institute of Riphah International University Islamabad held a policy dialogue session on recent US Presidential Elections and its implication to Pakistan’s Foreign Policy.
According to a press release, leading columnist, diplomat and government advisor Mosharraf Zaidi, speaking on the occasion, highlighted various contributing factors to analyse Pakistan’s public policy domain with respect to US.
He discussed factors including Pakistan’s number one exports destination, US being number one supplier of high-tech weaponry, economic and knowledge interests of Pakistani origin professionals and students in US, geo-politics and Pak-Afghan relation and role of US in stabilising Afghanistan.
He said there is dramatic speeding up of Indianisation in US public policy and explicit cementing of an anti-Pakistan consensus between the two countries at various levels. To deal with the situation, he added, in addition to traditional diplomatic efforts, the role of influential US-Pakistani is paramount.
RIPP Director Dr Rashid Aftab discussed the prioritized interests of US regarding military dominance, transpacific partnership, US strategy on Afghanistan and issues related with immigrant policy.
Research experts, scholars, students from different discipline participated in the session.
