ISLAMABAD: On Saturday, Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar said Pakistan wanted a positive, long-term relationship with the US.
During an interactive discussion with Harvard students in Islamabad, the interim PM admitted that countries always agree and disagree on many subjects.
He stressed that he did not believe in “negative energies” and wanted a long-term engagement with the US.
The PM said Pakistan played a large and vital part in the subsequent events of war in the area. As well as towards world peace when asked about the consequences of war between the USSR and Afghanistan.
“Pakistani governments had changing priorities, but they had visions and tried to visualise them,” he said.
PM Kakar replied that “non-completion of a government’s term was not undemocratic”.
“In the past 15 years, three elected parliaments have completed their terms,” Kakar said.
The premier also highlighted Pakistan’s high costs and limited resources. He said democracy ensured parliament’s strength. The interim PM commended Pakistanis’ crisis-resilience.
Karkar called the Pakistani diaspora in the US a success story. PM Kakar also discussed chances for young people travelling to America, Europe, or elsewhere.
“This is both a challenge and an opportunity, as these individuals bring benefits to the country through remittances,” he remarked, emphasising that Pakistani expatriates work for their families.
He noted that this was not the first time young people have left the country and that individuals travelled overseas every month and year.
“It is not wrong for them to go to other countries in search of better opportunities,” he said, adding that he wanted them to succeed wherever they were.
Karar acknowledged unemployment at home and abroad. He also observed that many return to their nation with wealth and professional capabilities.
