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There hasn’t been any attempt in Pakistan so far to articulate, coherently and comprehensively, the contours of Pakistan’s foreign economic policy. On the other hand, making sense of the bits and pieces of scattered statements and pronouncements can be a highly subjective exercise.

In designing foreign economic policy we should always keep in mind that such a policy would be a by-product of the country’s larger foreign and domestic economic policies. For example, if foreign policy with one particular country or group of countries is silent, ambivalent or agnostic then a foreign economic policy cannot be built upon strong economic cooperation with that country or group. Similarly, if the domestic economic policy is constrained by fiscal problems than giving aid to promote Pakistani goods in African markets would be an exercise in futility.

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The News

Publication Date

7-1-2013

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1-3

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