What is the UK-Pakistan relationship?

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In Islamabad people will point to the British High Commission as the most important western diplomatic mission, even more important than Americans.

This is really trustworthy. Given that Americans are not too eager to talk or even make phones, zooms or other calls, England is an alternative available for Pakistan’s Power Elite. British Defense Chief of Staff General Nicolas Carter is a visitor who often goes to Rawalpindi and the British High Commission is the biggest diplomatic mission that Britain has anywhere in the world.

Pakistan was amazed that, even so, their country remained on the red list while India was moved to a relatively more comfortable yellow list. The list of your places is in making all differences in the world because passengers from the red list countries must be quarantine in airport hotels and pay more than GBP2000.

Pakistan certainly will not remain on the list forever, but it will depend on how fast Islamabad works to improve testing and browse or produce credible data. Pakistan does not have a strong and effective lobby. Some Pakistani Diaspora members that I spoken said said that some letters from parliamentary members would not be effective.

The British-Pakistan ties are located in a group of diplomacy and a fairly narrow military relations. Of course there is tactical dependence on both sides. Pakistan did not bring post-colonialism in dealing with London. The state officials are friendly and very connected to the British, mainly because of various British education programs. London is practical is the second home and natural protection for the political class of the country and elite in general.

Britain is bound by Pakistan because of political problems and domestic security. About 1.2 million Britain from Pakistan which is now part of politics in northern Britain, and even other places, making it important for British politicians to be aware of Pakistan. The war against terror in Afghanistan and terror attacks in London in 2005 also played a role in uniting the two military and intelligence agents. For Britain, Pakistan is very important to maintain security.

However, bilateral relations do not have a strategic depth that exists structural reasons. First, Pakistani-India relations have changed bilateral bonds elsewhere into zero-sum games. A glimpse of the Disclassified British Foreign Office documents shows that when Sir Zafarullah Khan, the first Foreign Minister struggled to get the role of British in the Middle East for leaving the sub-region, British diplomats thought that even though his military capacity was too traffic jams by the diplomats England Kashmir problem.

Secondly, the domestic socio-political gap in Pakistan changed the British and the US to mediate for politics and domestic policies rather than equivalent partners. This makes British diplomats stronger. For example, the fact that senior British diplomats are the main players in the Benazir Bhutto-Pervez Musharraf negotiations showing personalized influences that are not always beneficial for Pakistan in the long run.

Third, British-Pakistani bilateral ties have not exceeded military and diplomatic contact. Trade relations are very impressive; including contributions by the diaspora. Our trade ties do not compare at all with British-Indian trade relations. For example, while Pakistani trade with Britain floated around $ 1.73 billion (2020), India was around $ 24.6 billion. Before Covid-19, India-UK trade reached $ 32.6 billion. India is the creator of the second largest job in the UK, with a total income of Indian companies in the UK established at $ 68.8 billion (2019).