Pakistan has come to war with America

           Tehran’s opportunism considering the very difficult economic conditions of Pakistan, the suspension of American military aid will increase the current difficulties of the central government in Islamabad. From this point of view, repairing the risks caused by the occurrence of a foreseeable emergency situation in Pakistan will be postponed to a large extent by seeking help from abroad and attracting the cooperation of friendly countries. Saudi Arabia and Iran, and to some extent China, are among the major sources of possible supply of part of Pakistan’s needs. Tehran, in competition with Saudi Arabia, is willing to announce its readiness to help Pakistan. At the same time, Iran has much more limited resources than Saudi Arabia to provide aid to Pakistan. In case of providing substantial aid to Pakistan, Tehran will impose its reciprocal expectations on Pakistan in the belly of “cooperation agreements”. In addition to encouraging distance from the US, helping to speed up the withdrawal of NATO military forces from Afghanistan, (not necessarily by helping to calm the security situation in Afghanistan and reducing the number of NATO casualties, which is in the opposite direction), pursuing and arresting members of armed groups. Opposing the Islamic Republic in the eastern regions of Iran and the common borders of Baluchistan, and above all, meeting the needs of Iran’s nuclear development program are at the top of Iran’s list of expectations. The reactions of the third countries of Saudi Arabia are trying to form an informal union consisting of Muslim countries such as Pakistan, Indonesia, Malaysia and also the countries of Central Asia against the Islamic Republic of Iran. In this sense, Islamabad’s noticeable proximity to Tehran will naturally face a negative reaction from Saudi Arabia. The volume of current commercial exchanges between Pakistan and Saudi Arabia is much higher than similar exchanges with Iran. In addition, Pakistan has close military cooperation with Saudi Arabia. In addition to training the military personnel of the Saudi army, it is said that Pakistan has also examined the issue of undeclared participation in the armed forces sent by Saudi Arabia to Bahrain. It is said that more than 4,000 Saudi and Emirati forces are currently in Bahrain, but Saudi Arabia claims that the deployed people generally belong to the member states of the Gulf (Persian) Security Treaty. In addition to the mentioned cooperation between Islamabad and Riyadh, the presence of a considerable number of Pakistani nationals working in the southern countries of the Persian Gulf also adds to the importance of the relations between the two countries. Saudi Arabia has repeatedly announced through its statesmen that if Iran is armed with nuclear weapons, Saudi Arabia will also be on this path. Undoubtedly, the most pragmatic way to realize this threat would be to use Pakistan’s resources. For this reason, with the same sensitivity that Saudi Arabia observes the relations between Islamabad and Tehran, Tehran also pursues the details of the relations between Islamabad and Riyadh. Bilateral geopolitical relations is considered a very important factor in the relations between the two neighboring countries of Iran and Pakistan. Undoubtedly, the national security of each of the two countries is directly affected by the security conditions within the border of the neighboring country. In this sense, regardless of the points of view or the national interests of third countries, justifying the necessity of maintaining friendly relations between Tehran and Islamabad does not require an extraordinary effort. Pakistan is one of the key pillars in the foreign policy of the Islamic Republic. In the past, Pakistan has valued relations with Tehran with the same sensitivity. Relations between Tehran and Islamabad have found a new dimension since the beginning of the Taliban rule in Afghanistan and then the presence of America and NATO in that country. Despite the significant differences in the way Pakistan and Iran deal with the current war in Afghanistan, the two neighboring countries have similar interests in relation to Afghanistan. Giving homes to millions of Afghan refugees is one of the points that has made the return of peace and exit from war in Afghanistan a common goal from the point of view of Iran and Pakistan. Commercial exchanges, in addition to political and security considerations, the commercial relations of the two countries, despite its small growth compared to the potential possibilities available in this field, are not without importance. Pakistan’s main exports to Iran are rice, hemp, synthetic fibers, paper and cardboard. Iran also reciprocally sells oil, iron ore, metal materials, linen and chemical products, food and fruit to this country. The balance of foreign trade between Iran and Pakistan is in Iran’s favor with a noticeable difference. If the plan to export Iran’s natural gas to Pakistan is implemented, the current unbalanced relations will become much more unbalanced than before. In this sense, Pakistan, whose need for imported energy is in no way less than India, while insisting on Iran investing more in the Pakistani part of this project, will also demand to accelerate its finalization. If the plan to export gas to Pakistan is implemented, Iran will face pressure from Islamabad to increase imports from Pakistan and balance the trade balance. Although the relations between Iran and Pakistan have improved considerably since the September 11 incident, compared to the coldness of the 90s, there are still many opportunities that the two neighboring countries of Iran and Pakistan can take advantage of, if they have governments with more capabilities. and use a strategic view in the service of creating real strategic relations between them.

The ambassador of Iran in Pakistan also said, referring to the extensive consultations of the diplomatic system of our country. In the past few days, Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu was present in Tehran, and Ali Akbar Salehi, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic, went to Abuja, the capital of Nigeria, after traveling to Vienna and meeting and talking with Austrian officials. That country, including its counterpart, met and talked about improving the level of cooperation between the two countries.

He added: These meetings and trips indicate the active diplomacy of our country in the field of foreign policy.

Earlier this month, the President of Pakistan went to Tehran to participate in the Global Counter-Terrorism Summit, and during this trip, he met with the Supreme Leader of the Revolution, Ayatollah Khamenei, and Dr. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the President of our country.

Ayatollah Khamenei, in his meeting with Zardari, considered the historical, cultural and religious ties of the two nations to be the basis for further expansion of the relations between the two countries and emphasized on the all-round strengthening of Tehran-Islamabad relations.

According to the information base of the Office of the Supreme Leader, the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution called the unity of the Pakistani nation the reason for the failure of the sinister plans of the Americans and noted: America is trying to achieve its illegitimate goals by creating division in Pakistan, but the awareness of the people of Pakistan about Washington’s sinister intentions will bring more resistance of this nation against America’s hegemony.

Zardari also expressed great satisfaction from meeting with the supreme leader of the revolution and said: Pakistan will make every effort to expand the existing good relations with Iran.

The President of Pakistan considered the relations between the two nations to have strong historical and cultural foundations and said: These relations will have a much brighter future.

 

Supporters of Jamaat-e-Islami held a sit-in on Friday (July 24) in the city of Gujranwala, located in the northwest of Lahore, in protest against America’s interference. 

 

Pakistani demonstrators demanded that the Islamabad government reconsider its relations with Washington. 

 

Syed Waseem Akhtar, the leader of Jamaat-e-Islami Party of Pakistan, said: “I have participated in this sit-in in order to ask the government to address the basic problems of the people by declaring my opinions.” 

 

He added: “Before September 11, 2009 and the presence of the Americans in the region, this region was calm. There was no explosion or bomber. When the Americans came to this region, everything fell apart.” 

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The people of Pakistan also expressed their protest against the unauthorized US airstrikes against Pakistan, and the Islamabad government’s pursuit of Washington’s policies. 

 

In the last few years, hundreds of people have been killed in American airstrikes inside Pakistan and near the Afghan border. 

 

These attacks started during the presidency of George Bush and continued and even intensified during the time of Barack Obama, the current president of the United States. 

 

Despite the American government’s claims about the accuracy of these attacks and the selective killing of militants affiliated with Al-Qaeda and the Taliban, a large part of the dead in these bombings are civilians, including women and children. 

 

The United Nations has expressed concern about the number of civilian casualties in these attacks and has stated that the attacks by American drones on Pakistan’s tribal areas are against international laws. 

 

Philip Alston, the special rapporteur of the United Nations, stated in a report that such attacks actually undermine the laws that have been established to protect human lives. 

 

Since the beginning of 2011, America has targeted Pakistan’s tribal areas 42 times. In 2010, US drones attacked Pakistan 124 times, which is double the number of US attacks in 2009. 

 

In the American attacks on Pakistan in 2010, one thousand and 184 people were killed, which number was 760 in 2009. 

 

Pakistani officials have warned that American drone attacks have not only been ineffective in eliminating the militants, but have had a “reverse” function and have increased the support of the angry people of the region for the militants against the American forces.