Foreign Policy of Pakistan: “Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto’s Era”

Abstract

Historically, after independence, the vision of foreign policy of Pakistan molded under the influence of great powers such as the United States of America (USA) and Union of Soviet Socialist Republics 1992-1991(USSR) during the Cold war. It served the security vision of the US across the world. The article postulates orderly the foreign policy vision of Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto when he took charge and showed his aspiration for changes in the foreign policy approach of Pakistan. Those changes had to undermine the power status of the USA. Therefore, the charismatic character  of  Bhutto  led to the confrontation  of  policy choice between the  great  powers, the USA  and  USSR  and  their  allies and Pakistan. Bhutto aspired for the bloc of developing countries specifically from the Muslim world. He wanted to unite those countries and prevent their exploitation by the major powers. He wanted to excel in the domestic potential of the third world for the sake of a better and sustainable future. Bhutto talked and walked for the security of Pakistan as well as demanded a nuclear umbrella from the nuclear enemy states like India. So, his aggressive  stance  could  not  fit  in  the  policy  approach  of  the major powers and he had to sacrifice his government as well as his life.