Pakistan wants unconditional bilateral ties with US: Dr Moeed.

ISLAMABAD -- Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM) on National Security Division and Strategic Policy Planning, Dr Moeed Yusuf said the government wanted to pursue a bilateral relationship with the US not hyphenated or clouded by US interests in other regional countries rather based on mutual understanding.

The SAPM addressed a gathering of US policy makers at the Washington based think tank Wilson Center titled 'US-Pakistan Relations in the Biden Era' a day after the Biden inauguration, said a statement.

'In the past, Pakistan was unfortunately seen by Afghanistan prism,' he added, emphasizing that the world had undergone immense transformation in the past four years and the new administration should look beyond Obama-era conversation to build a truly bilateral relationship with Pakistan.

He told the participants that now you were dealing with a different Pakistan; a Pakistan which was self-confident and whose formal vision was squarely based on economic security paradigm.

'Pakistan is talking about becoming a geo-economic melting pot that is ready to consolidate global positive interest in our territory. We are talking about providing the world with economic-bases, not military-bases,' he said.

Dr Moeed Yusuf while elaborating Pakistan's vision said: 'Our focus is connectivity and China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is an obvious example of it. This is the reason we desire peace and stability in Afghanistan for westward connectivity. Furthermore, we are looking for development partnerships.'

He noted that all Western multinational companies in Pakistan earned profits well above their global average...