We cannot hold our regional ambitions hostage to American demands. This window of opportunity must be availed at all cost. America should be shown a middle finger. The US is a spoiler and an illwisher.
Pakistan must at all cost refocus on IPC.
We shouldn't pick sides/fights & instead we should remain neutral + try to convince uncle Sam by highlighting our energy needs & economic interests in some areas in regards to Iran just like india did by importing oil from Iran after getting waiver's...
Let's face it, our biggest export Market is USA with 16% of total Share !! These figrs are from 2019.
- United States: US $3.8 billion (16% of total Pakistani exports)
- China: $1.8 billion (7.7%)
- United Kingdom: $1.7 billion (7.3%)
- Afghanistan: $1.4 billion (5.7%)
- Germany: $1.3 billion (5.5%)
- United Arab Emirates: $996 million (4.2%)
- Netherlands: $941.6 million (4%)
- Spain: $922.8 million (3.9%)
- Bangladesh: $787.6 million (3.3%)
- Italy: $776.5 million (3.3%)
- Belgium: $668 million (2.8%)
- France: $447.1 million (1.9%)
If USA impose Sanctions & then European countries will also bend their knees under pressure, most of our exports will vanish + 100s of thousands will be jobless + textile industries will collapse... & then their (uncle sam) cries about Our nuclear program then You know rest of the things i.e excuses for sanctions etc + No funds from ADB, WB, IMF (If need arise for a bailout ?), FATF ,
picking sides (with iran involvement) will push Arabs closer to india even more & most of our remittances comes from Arab countries + then keep in mind i.e our economic mess..
First of all we need a strong economy, without that we dont have a choice nor our policy makers will pick sides considering the multiple factors i.e the big elephant USA our biggest trading partner then its hold on financial institutes like WB,IMF etc + Sanctions + economic dependence on Arab countries & remittance & our relations with them will dive down to low + our trade with European countries + we will leave an open door for india !!
we need to have a very balanced policy, we cannot afford any stupidity.. We're not China OR a Rich Arab Country with unlimited oil Or a big oil Producing country like Iran,USA -__-
No one likes or support its policies (Talking about USA) but i dont think we can risk everything by picking sides.