No progress on foreign front without internal unity: Kasuri.

LAHORE -- Former foreign minister Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri has said internal unity is a must if Pakistan has to make meaningful progress in the foreign policy.

'In the current state of disunity and lack of direction in Pakistan, no country, friend or foe, knows how or who to deal with in Pakistan. This is a very dangerous situation and cannot be allowed to continue. It is the primary duty of all the stakeholders in Pakistan to bring this to an end,' Mr Kasuri said at a ceremony here on Saturday.

Mr Kasuri, who was given a lifetime achievement award by the Government College University for his contributions in international relations and diplomacy, called for redressing some of Pakistan's weaknesses, particularly in ensuring that there was continuation of policies to ensure economic development. 'There is also a need for basic agreement between major stakeholders, so that these policies could continue despite change in governments. This could not take place with so much internal disunity,' he said.

He further said former Indian ambassador S K Lambah, who had been back-channel negotiator between...