Foreign policy of Pakistan in era of bilateralism 1962-1979

1. 1. PAKISTANFOREIGN POLICY IN THE ERA OF BILATERALISM(1962-1979)

2. 2. FORMAT 1-Defination Of Foreign Policy 2-Transition Phase (1962-1970) 3-Fall Of Dhaka
(1970) 4-Bilateralism And Non-Alignment (1972-1979)
3. 3. DEFINITION OF FOREIGN POLICY • "Relations between sovereign states. It is reflection
of domestic politics and an interaction among sovereign states. It indicates the principles and
preferences on which a country wants to establish relations with another country."
4. 4. TRANSITION PHASE (1962-1970) • The Transition Phase started from 1962 to 1970 •
After Sino-Indian war in October 1962, the US Policy shifted towards India to support Indian
Military • Then Pakistan decided to review its foreign policy and relations with socialist
countries on basis of mutual benefits
5. 5. TRANSITION PHASE (1962-1970) • Pakistan earned prospective relations with china and
30 development project with USSR for five year plan from 1965-1970 • Trade of equipment
and cultural exchanges were included in this five year plan • The USSR (Union of Soviet
Socialist Republics) helped both states in September 1965 by giving good offers to both
states which ended in peace agreement known as Tashkent declaration
6. 6. FALL OF DHAKA (1970) • Bangladesh came into being on DEC 16,1971 • On these days,
Dhaka was the capital of Bangladesh • USSR made agreements with both Indo-Pak state for
Asian collective security plan which was known as Sino-American rapprochement. It was
held on July 1972
7. 7. FALL OF DHAKA (1970) • Due to the cold response of Pakistan in this agreement, the
USSR brought its all support back to India • The great loss of Pakistan was the fall of Dhaka
8. 8. BILATERALISM AND NON-ALIGNMENT (1972-1979) • DEFINITION: “ The political,
economic or cultural relations between two sovereign states is known as bilateralism.” • It is
the development between two or more than two countries • The relation of Pakistan with
China further got prosper during this phase • Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto visited to Russia to
strengthen their relationships
9. 9. BILATERALISM AND NON-ALIGNMENT (1972-1979) • Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto also visited
United States with attention to strengthen the relationships between two countries • The
balance of power appeared to be disturbed when India detonated nuclear device in 1974 •
Pakistan motivated to look out for nuclear technology
10. 10. BILATERALISM AND NON-ALIGNMENT (1972-1979) • US convinced France to
withdraw from agreement of nuclear reprocessing plant supply in 1978 • Pakistan had to
suffer severely by the suspension of all sorts of economic assistance and military supplies in
April 1979
11. 11. CONCLUSION • Pakistan regenerate its foreign policy with some great power like China,
United States of America, India and United Arab Emirates etc.