Pakistan Needs To Explore World To End Isolation, Says Bilawal.

ISLAMABAD -- Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said yesterday that Pakistan has to find new ways internally and internationally to succeed and avoid isolation.

Speaking at an event held at the Institute of Strategic Studies Islamabad here, he said engagement with other countries including India and the United States was important for Pakistan in view of the emerging geopolitical developments.

'An internationally isolated or disengaged Pakistan cannot achieve the goals of development and prosperity,' he added. The foreign minister said Pakistan could act as a bridge among international powers.

He mentioned the Delimitation Commission and also the Islamophobic remarks by an Indian political party member, however, said the scope of economic engagement existed even between China and the US had conflicts of interest on various matters. 'With an economic integration between Pakistan and India, neither State would be in a position to take an extreme stance,' he said.

However, he said, 'cutting one's nose to spite their face' could not be a prudent option.

He suggested that engagement with Indian media and the public could better help advance Pakistan's point of view.

FM Bilawal also stressed for engagement with China, India, Iran, and Afghanistan amid global geopolitics. He emphasized an 'informed and humble' foreign policy for Pakistan and said the existing 'perceived notion of hyper-nationalism and hyper-patriotism patriotism' needed a change in the interest of the people.

He said recently Pakistan went down on an 'unhealthy path' of disconnect with other countries that directly put a negative impact not only on the country's foreign and strategic policy but also on the economy and lives of average Pakistanis.

'With a political conduct, our foreign policy requires all of us to rethink where we stand in the world today,' he added.

Bilawal said that the unity government despite the difficult circumstances was...