Pakistan has come out of int'l isolation due to present govt's efforts: PM.

ISLAMABAD -- Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif Tuesday, describing his meetings with world leaders on the sidelines of Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) moot in Samarkand, Uzbekistan and 77th session of the UN General Assembly as 'encouraging', said Pakistan had come out of international isolation due to the efforts of present coalition government.

'By straining relations with various countries, the previous government had put Pakistan in isolation,' the prime minister told a press conference here.

He said the way former prime minister Imran Khan used to talk about various countries was not appropriate for a country desiring to have good relations.

The prime minister, who arrived in Pakistan last night after his official visits to the United Kingdom and the United States, said during his recent visit to Uzbekistan to attend the SCO moot, the flood situation in Pakistan vis a vis climate change was highlighted.

He said Pakistan despite having less than one percent share in the global carbon emission was facing the severe negative effects, which was also evident from the recent devastating floods in the country.

Shehbaz Sharif said during the SCO moot as well as his meetings with various leaders, including Chinese President Xi Jinping, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi etc., he highlighted the losses caused by floods in Pakistan and the leaders, besides expressing their solidarity, also assured their cooperation to mitigate the sufferings of flood-hit people.

The prime minister said similarly during his address at the 77th session of the UN General Assembly as well as the sideline meetings, he...