the foreign policy process in pakistan the foreign policy process in pakistan

196 Pages·2005·4.64 MB·English

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April 12 - 15, 2004
Hotel Pearl Continental
Bhurban, Murree
Prepared By
Pakistan Institute of Legislative Development And
Transparency - PILDAT
Pakistan Institute of
Legislative Development
And Transparency
As a Part of
Pakistan Legislative Strengthening
Consortium - PLSC
PLSC
Pakistan Legislative
Strengthening
Consortium
For the project
“Strengthening National and Provincial Legislative Governance - SNPLG”
This publication was made possible through support provided by the U.S. Agency for
International Development, under the terms of Award No.391-A-00-03-01012-00. The
opinions expressed herein are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the
views of the U.S. Agency for International Development.
We also acknowledge the
Department for International Development - UK for their support.
Published by
Pakistan Institute of Legislative Development And Transparency - PILDAT
5 - A, Zafar Ali Road, Gulberg V, Lahore, Pakistan.
December 2004
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CONTENTS
Abbreviations and Acronyms
Acknowledgments
Executive Summary
Profiles of Speakers, Resource Persons and Session Chairs 12
Background 17
SPECIAL SESSION
Executive Summary 19
Welcome Remarks
Mr. Ahmed Bilal Mehboob 20
Executive Director, PILDAT
How Security Considerations Influence Foreign Policy in Pakistan:
the role of Security Agencies and how this practise
compares with other countries of the World?
Senator Lt. Gen. (Retd.) Javed Ashraf Qazi 21
Former Director General, ISI
Q&A/ Comments 24
SESSION 1
Executive Summary 31
Introductory Presentation
Mr. Ahmed Bilal Mehboob 32
Executive Director, PILDAT
An Overview of Pakistan's Foreign Policy: 1947 - 2004
Prof. Dr. Hasan-Askari Rizvi 33
Defence & Political Analyst
Q&A/ Comments 36
SESSION 2
Executive Summary 41
Major Foreign Policy Issues facing the Country
Mr. Khursheed Mahmud Kasuri 42
Foreign Minister of Pakistan
Q&A/ Comments 45
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SESSION 3
Executive Summary 55
Process of Foreign Policy Formulation in Pakistan
Ambassador (Retd.) Javid Hussain 56
Process of Foreign Policy Formulation in Pakistan
Mr. Shaheen A. Gillani 58
Additional Secretary,
Foreign Policy Planning Ministry of Foreign Affairs
How Foreign Policy should be made in Pakistan?
Mr. Sartaj Aziz 60
Former Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs & Finance
Q&A/ Comments 62
Comments by Session Chair
Mr. Najmuddin A. Shaikh 64
Former Foreign Secretary
SESSION 4
Executive Summary 65
Role of Security Agencies in Shaping Foreign Policy
Brig. (Retd.) Shaukat Qadir 66
Former Vice President Islamabad Policy Research Institute - IPRI
How Security Considerations Influence the Formulation of Foreign Policy
Mr. Najmuddin A. Shaikh 68
Former Foreign Secretary
Q&A/ Comments 70
Comments by Session Chair
Prof. Dr. Hasan-Askari Rizvi 72
Defence & Political Analyst
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SESSION 5
Executive Summary 73
Shaping of Pakistan’s Foreign Policy:
Case Study on the Comparisons of Lahore, Agra and Islamabad Summits
Mr. Abdul Sattar 74
Former Foreign Minister
Shaping of Pakistan’s Foreign Policy:
Case Study on the Gulf Crisis-1990
Dr. Ayesha Siddiqua 76
Security Analyst
Shaping of Pakistan’s Foreign Policy:
Case Study on Recognition of Taliban
Prof. Dr. Tahir Amin 78
Visiting Professor, LUMS
Summary of the Case Studies by the Session Chair 80
Panel Discussion
Views by Mr. Sartaj Aziz 82
Former Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs & Finance
Views by Prof. Dr. Hasan-Askari Rizvi 83
Defence & Political Analyst
Views by Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi 84
MNA, Former Federal Minister
Q&A/ Comments 85
Comments by Session Chair
Dr. Ijaz Shafi Gilani 89
Chairman Gallup, Pakistan
SESSION 6
Executive Summary 91
Review and Analysis of Foreign Policy by the
Parliaments of US, UK and India
Prof. Dr. Tahir Amin 92
Visiting Professor, LUMS
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Parliament and the Foreign Policy: the Role of Foreign Affairs Committee
Mian Abdul Waheed 94
Former Chairman, Foreign Affairs Committee National Assembly
Principle Determinants of Pakistan's Foreign Policy
Sardar Aseff Ahmed Ali
Former Foreign Minister 96
Q&A/ Comments 98
Comments by Session Chair
Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi 102
MNA, Former Federal Minister
SESSION 7
Executive Summary 103
Economic Diplomacy and the Role of Foreign Office
Dr. Asad M. Khan 104
Director General, Economic Coordination,
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Q&A/ Comments 106
Comments by Session Chair
Mr. Sartaj Aziz 109
Former Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs & Finance
SESSION 8
Executive Summary 111
Comments by Session Moderator
Mr. Abdul Sattar 112
Former Foreign Minister
Views by H.E. Mr. Shivshankar Menon 113
Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan
Views by H.E. Mr. Mark Lyall Grant
British High Commissioner to Pakistan 115
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Views by Mr. Larry Robinson 117
Political Counselor, US Embassy
Q&A/ Comments 120
Synthesis of the Session
Senator S. M. Zafar 125
Chairman Senate Functional Committee on Human Rights
and Chairman PILDAT Board of Advisors
Comments by Session Moderator 127
Concluding Remarks
Mr. Ahmed Bilal Mehboob 128
Executive Director, PILDAT
APPENDICES
Appendix A: Programme of the Short Course 130
Appendix B: List of Participants 135
Appendix C: Presentation by Mr. Ahmed Bilal Mehboob, Executive Director, PILDAT 139
Appendix D: Paper by Senator Lt. Gen. (Retd.) Javed Ashraf Qazi, Former DG ISI 143
Appendix E: Paper by Mr. Khursheed Mahmud Kasuri, Foreign Minister of Pakistan 155
Appendix F: Paper by Mr. Shaheen A. Gillani, Add. Sec. Foreign Policy Planning 165
Appendix G: Paper by Mr. Sartaj Aziz, Former Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs &Finance 169
Appendix H: Paper by Brig. (Retd.) Shaukat Qadir, Former Vice President IPRI 175
Appendix I: Paper by Mr. Najmuddin A. Shaikh, Former Foreign Secretary 181
Appendix J: Paper by Mian Abdul Waheed, Former Chairman Foreign Affairs
Committee of National Assembly 187
Appendix K: Paper by Sardar Aseff Ahmed Ali, Former Foreign Minister 193
Appendix L: Presentation by Dr. Asad M. Khan, DG Economic Coordination,
Ministry of Foreign Affairs 201
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ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS
Brig. Brigadier
CENTO Central Treaty Organisation
CIA Central Intelligence Agency (USA)
CTBT Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty
DG Director General
Dte Directorate
ECOTA Economic Cooperative Organisation
Trade Agreement
FIA Federal Investigation Agency
IB Intelligence Bureau (Pakistan)
IRS Institute of Regional Studies (Pakistan)
ISI Inter Services Intelligence (Pakistan)
ISS Institute of Strategic Studies (Pakistan)
JIB Joint Intelligence Bureau
JIC Joint Intelligence Committee
JSH Joint Staff Headquarter
JUI-F Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (Fazl)
LoC Line of Control
Lok Sabha Lower House of the Parliament of India
LUMS Lahore University of Management Sciences
MFA Ministry of Foreign Affairs
MI Military Intelligence
MNCs Multi National Companies
NSC National Security Council
NWFP North West Frontier Province
PPP Pakistan People's Party
R&D Research and Development
SAFTA South Asian Free Trade Area
SEATO South East Asian Treaty Organisation
TPS-OIC Trade Preferential System under Organisation
of the Islamic Conference
US United States (of America)
UK United Kingdom
USSR Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
WMD Weapons of Mass Destruction
WTO World Trade Organisation
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Acknowledgments
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akistan Institute of Legislative Development and Transparency - PILDAT wishes to acknowledge the active participation
of the MNAs and Speakers and Session Chairs of the Short Course for their invaluable time and quality of interaction
that made the Short Course on Foreign Policy Process in Pakistan a success.
The short course enjoyed the distinction of being addressed by the Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr. Khursheed
Mahmud Kasuri, and four (4) Former Foreign Ministers including Mr. Abdul Sattar, Mr. Sartaj Aziz, Sardar Aseff Ahmed Ali
and Senator S. M. Zafar. In addition, a galaxy of subject specialists, former foreign secretaries, independent analysts and
officials of the Foreign Office were speakers and session chairs at the course including Prof. Dr. Hassan Askari Rizvi,
Defence & Political Analyst; Ambassador (Retd.) Javid Husain; Mr. Shaheen A. Gillani, Additional Secretary Foreign Policy
Planning, Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Senator Lt. Gen. (Retd.) Javed Ashraf Qazi, Former Director General ISI; Brig. (Retd.)
Shaukat Qadir, Former Vice President Islamabad Research & Policy Institute; Mr. Najmuddin A. Shaikh, Former Foreign
Secretary; Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi, MNA and Former Federal Minister; Dr. Ijaz Shafi Gilani, Chairman Gallup
Pakistan; Dr. Ayesha Saddiqua; Defence Analyst; Prof. Dr. Tahir Amin, Visiting Professor at LUMS; Mian Abdul Waheed;
Former Chairman Foreign Affairs Committee of the National Assembly and Dr. Asad M. Khan, Director General, Economic
Coordination, Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
PILDAT offers its special thanks to H.E. Mr. Shivshankar Menon; Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan; H. E. Mr. Mark Lyall
Grant; British High Commissioner to Pakistan, and Mr. Larry Robinson; Political Counselor, US Embassy (speaker on behalf
of the US Ambassador to Pakistan) for their time and sharing of their thoughts on the issue of Pakistan's Foreign Policy with
a select group of Parliamentarians participating in the Short Course.
PILDAT, in particular, acknowledges the interest, active participation and passionate interaction of the select group of
Parliamentarians throughout the intense schedule of the short course.
Disclaimer
PILDAT has made every effort to ensure the accuracy of views, discussions and presentations in compiling and editing of
this report. However, PILDAT and its supporters do not take any responsibility of any omission or an error since it is not
deliberate. The views expressed at the short course and presented in this report are those of the Speakers, Session Chairs
and participants and do not necessarily represent the views of PILDAT or its supporters.