I wonder what is really going through the head of Shah Mahmud Qureshi when he sees the back stabbing nature of the "fellow Muslim" countries and what strategy he is adopting to counter this threat from "fellow Muslim brothers", because we are not seeing any at the diplomatic front.
I've been thinking alot about this situation. We are in a region surrounded with nations which push narrative and propaganda above the weight of their actual power. Iran, KSA, UAE, and Turkey all have strong, detailed, and unshakeable national policies. When you deal with these countries, you know what to say and what not to say.
Pakistan, on the other hand, a powerful military, famed ISI, and sole nuclear power of the Muslim world, yet we bow to every single tiny country which issues threats against us. Let us not even speak of US, UK, France, Russia, and European nations.
We have no narrative outside our borders, no propaganda wing, zero soft power outside Afghanistan and a few other countries like Somalia.
No one takes us seriously because they do not see any repercussions to harming us. We always talk peace and never war. We always are trying to prove we are not as others paint us, but we never go on a media attack against those liars.
On a side note, Pakistan's problems seem like a microcosm to wider Muslims' problems as well.
I was hoping with KPK in control of the government, maybe the situation would fix itself. Pukhtoons are famous for their strong sense of self and defense of their narrative. Yet, here we are with niceties and pleasantries only.
Pakistan should come together and make a concrete plan of what kind of image it wants to create for itself, how we will give our voice its deserved audiences, and what repercussions nations which do not respect our national interests will bear.
Here in a tiny, miniscule Maldives, we may have a chance to try to test that diplomacy. In OIC, who is Maldives compared to Pakistan?
The UAE demon will require some more in-depth thinking to deal with.
