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relations</b> refer to <a href="/wiki/Bilateral_relations" class="mw-redirect" title="Bilateral relations">bilateral relations</a> between the <a href="/wiki/Pakistan" title="Pakistan">Islamic Republic of Pakistan</a> and the <a href="/wiki/United_Arab_Emirates" title="United Arab Emirates">United Arab Emirates</a>. These relations date back to the UAE's formation in 1971<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>, and have since evolved into wide-ranging co-operation in various fields. Pakistan was the first country to extend recognition of the United Arab Emirates, while the UAE has previously been a donor of economic and financial assistance to Pakistan it has happened the other way too. UAE recognizes Pakistan's contribution to the evolution of key institutions in the Emirates while Pakistan recognizes UAE's investment in Pakistan's economy and infrastructure. Both countries' populations share the same faith and are majorly Muslim. </p><p>In recognition of the UAE's humanitarian support to Pakistan, multiple institutions, bridges, airports and hospitals in Pakistan are named after the UAE's founding father and first president, Sheikh <a href="/wiki/Zayed_bin_Sultan_Al_Nahyan" title="Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan">Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan</a>, such as the Sheikh Zayed Bridge in Swat Valley and <a href="/wiki/Shaikh_Zayed_Medical_Complex_Lahore" title="Shaikh Zayed Medical Complex Lahore">Sheikh Zayed Medical Complex in Lahore</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pakistan%E2%80%93United_Arab_Emirates_relations&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After the British residency in the <a href="/wiki/Trucial_States" title="Trucial States">Trucial States</a> ended, Pakistan called for the UAE the successor of the Trucial States to include <a href="/wiki/Bahrain" title="Bahrain">Bahrain</a> and <a href="/wiki/Qatar" title="Qatar">Qatar</a> as states of the United Arab Emirates, this however never materialised and relations with the United Arab Emirates were established in 1971.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> The UAE's founding father and first president Sheikh <a href="/wiki/Zayed_bin_Sultan_Al_Nahyan" title="Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan">Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan</a> made multiple visits to Pakistan and considered it to be his second home.<sup id="cite_ref-ae_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ae-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Pakistan have over the years played a vital role in establishing Emirati firms. In 1985, it was <a href="/wiki/Pakistan_International_Airlines" title="Pakistan International Airlines">Pakistan International Airlines</a> (PIA), the country's national carrier, that Dubai turned to when founding its new airline, <a href="/wiki/Emirates_(airline)" title="Emirates (airline)">Emirates</a>. PIA provided technical and administrative assistance to Emirates and leased two aircraft to the new company. As an acknowledgement of its contribution, Emirates selected <a href="/wiki/Karachi" title="Karachi">Karachi</a> as the first destination for its first flight.<sup id="cite_ref-ae_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ae-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Throughout history, multiple frequent exchanges of high level visits and regular bilateral consultations between the two countries continue to occur and are reflective of the fact that Pakistan and UAE have laid strong foundations of mutually beneficial relations, friendship and peaceful cooperation over the years. The UAE has emerged as one of Pakistan's major economic and trading partners. Many Pakistani expatriates, numbering nearly 1.2 million are gainfully employed in UAE. The Pakistani expatriates in UAE have contributed in a significant manner to promotion of bilateral understanding and to the economy of Pakistan through their home remittances. The relationship between the two has been dubbed as a <a href="/wiki/Special_relationship_(international_relations)" title="Special relationship (international relations)">special relationship</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Pakistanis are the second largest group of foreign residents living in the country.<sup id="cite_ref-ae_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ae-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The UAE also has a long cricket relationship with Pakistan, serving as a home ground for the <a href="/wiki/Pakistan_cricket_team" class="mw-redirect" title="Pakistan cricket team">Pakistan cricket team</a> for the past few decades.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2014, trade between the two countries was valued at $9 billion.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In December 2019, the UAE deposited $3 billion in the State Bank of Pakistan to enhance the bank's liquidity and foreign currency reserves.<sup id="cite_ref-ae_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ae-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>However, in recent years, the relationship has been somewhat complicated by the UAE and Pakistan expanding their ties with one another's regional rivals, Qatar and India respectively.<sup id="cite_ref-pakrelations_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pakrelations-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The UAE has pledged support to Pakistan's <a href="/wiki/Gwadar_Port" title="Gwadar Port">Gwadar Port</a> project,<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and is assisting in the construction of a desalination plant in the city.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As of 2019, relations again began to improve substantially, with the UAE willing to invest $5 billion in Pakistan's Balochistan province, in order to build an oil refinery.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2015, the UAE was upset at Pakistan's decision to not join the <a href="/wiki/Saudi_Arabian%E2%80%93led_intervention_in_Yemen" class="mw-redirect" title="Saudi Arabian–led intervention in Yemen">Saudi and UAE war in Yemen</a>, although it did offer other military assistance. UAE minister <a href="/wiki/Anwar_Gargash" title="Anwar Gargash">Anwar Gargash</a> said Pakistan would "pay a heavy price" for its lack of support.<sup id="cite_ref-yemenwar_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-yemenwar-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Pakistan argued its military was already deployed on the Afghanistan border and an additional war would be a challenge, especially one that was overseas.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to some authors, China may have pressured Pakistan to not join the war, fearing that Pakistan's involvement would bring it into a war with Iran and jeopardize Chinese investments in <a href="/wiki/CPEC" class="mw-redirect" title="CPEC">CPEC</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-yemenwar_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-yemenwar-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic" title="COVID-19 pandemic">COVID-19 pandemic</a> the UAE had started free testing of Pakistanis residing in the Emirates. On 5 May 2020, the authorities of <a href="/wiki/Pakistan" title="Pakistan">Pakistan</a> raised an issue regarding the repatriation of their citizens from the United Arab Emirates during the <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic" title="COVID-19 pandemic">COVID-19 pandemic</a>. <a href="/wiki/Reuters" title="Reuters">Reuters</a> reported that according to Pakistani officials, the Pakistani workers returning from the <a href="/wiki/Gulf" title="Gulf">Gulf</a> nation had high number of <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic" title="COVID-19 pandemic">COVID-19</a> patients. The ministry spokeswoman, Aisha Farooqui highlighted that the situation was officially addressed to the UAE authorities, where the virus was believed to be spreading due to the crowded living conditions in the Emirates.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Pakistani envoy in the UAE refuted the media reports on the high number of Pakistanis being repatriated while being infected, calling them "exaggerated". The UAE Foreign Ministry stated “Everyone on UAE repatriation flights has been tested before departure, and those found to be infected were not allowed to travel.”<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="UAE_Pakistan_Assistance_Program">UAE Pakistan Assistance Program</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pakistan%E2%80%93United_Arab_Emirates_relations&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: UAE Pakistan Assistance Program"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 12 January 2011, the UAE Pakistan Assistance Program (UAE-PAP) was launched in order to help and provide assistance to Pakistan and mitigate the impact of floods by redeveloping infrastructure, as per the directives of <a href="/wiki/Khalifa_bin_Zayed_Al_Nahyan" title="Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan">Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan</a>, the President of the <a href="/wiki/United_Arab_Emirates" title="United Arab Emirates">United Arab Emirates</a>. The UAE PAP has worked along a comprehensive redevelopment plan that takes into account the harsh geography and the rough weather conditions of Pakistan while focusing on four main areas of social redevelopment: health, education, water and infrastructure. The Program has taken some vital steps to help the people of <a href="/wiki/Swat_district" class="mw-redirect" title="Swat district">Swat district</a> as it provided for the construction of two bridges, 52 schools and 7 hospitals, as well as the initiation of 64 water supply schemes.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The program is dedicated to help combat a number of humanitarian crisis in Pakistan. The program aims to support efforts in fighting poverty, develop education, advance healthcare services, and contribute to the creation of new job opportunities for Pakistanis. Under the program, a number of projects such as infrastructure, education, healthcare and access to drinking water have been launched. As of October 2019, more than 30,000 Pakistani students have been enrolled in Schools built by the UAE-PAP in <a href="/wiki/Swat_District" title="Swat District">Swat District</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In May 2018, the UAE channeled $200 million into the UAE-PAP.<sup id="cite_ref-ae_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ae-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The UAE has also orchestrated multiple campaigns to eradicate <a href="/wiki/Polio" title="Polio">polio</a> in Pakistan. Since 2014, more than hundreds of millions of polio vaccine were delivered to around 71 million children in Pakistan.<sup id="cite_ref-ae_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ae-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Criticism">Criticism</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pakistan%E2%80%93United_Arab_Emirates_relations&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Criticism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>See <a href="/wiki/Migrant_workers_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="Migrant workers in the United Arab Emirates">Migrant workers in the United Arab Emirates</a></i> </p><p>The UAE is widely reported to be complicit in a modern-day slave trade of from Pakistan workers.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There continues to be very little sharing of oil despite energy shortages in Pakistan and unflexible nationality guidelines for anybody wanted to move on from Pakistani citizenship. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Military_relations">Military relations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pakistan%E2%80%93United_Arab_Emirates_relations&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Military relations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:F-16_Mirage_2000_F-7PG_during_exercise.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/F-16_Mirage_2000_F-7PG_during_exercise.JPG/220px-F-16_Mirage_2000_F-7PG_during_exercise.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/F-16_Mirage_2000_F-7PG_during_exercise.JPG/330px-F-16_Mirage_2000_F-7PG_during_exercise.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/F-16_Mirage_2000_F-7PG_during_exercise.JPG/440px-F-16_Mirage_2000_F-7PG_during_exercise.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3874" data-file-height="2578" /></a><figcaption>Emirati F-16's, an Emirati Mirage 2000, and a Pakistani F-7, left to right, fly in formation during a multinational exercise, Dec. 9, 2009.</figcaption></figure> <p>Defence relations between Pakistan and the UAE began shortly before the UAE's formation in 1971. Pakistani troops imparted training to members of the <a href="/wiki/Abu_Dhabi" title="Abu Dhabi">Abu Dhabi</a> defence forces as far back as 1968, upon the request of the founder of the UAE <a href="/wiki/Zayed_bin_Sultan_Al_Nahyan" title="Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan">Sheikh Zayed</a>, as the British were about to hand over command of the Gulf <a href="/wiki/Trucial_States" title="Trucial States">Trucial States</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Kamran_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kamran-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A protocol was signed in the mid-1970s, and defence cooperation continued for the succeeding decades. Both countries share geographical proximity and a longstanding history of bilateral relations. The <a href="/wiki/Pakistan_Army" title="Pakistan Army">Pakistan Army</a> established an armour training school in the UAE, and provided training to UAE commando battalions, as well as all armed and artillery corps officers.<sup id="cite_ref-Kamran_22-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kamran-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Pakistani personnel also held prominent positions as advisers and trainers in the <a href="/wiki/United_Arab_Emirates_Air_Force" title="United Arab Emirates Air Force">UAE Air Force</a> (UAEAF). During the mid-1970s, more than 50% of UAEAF pilots were Pakistanis.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The UAEAF is dubbed by Pakistani author <a href="/w/index.php?title=Shahid_Amin&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Shahid Amin (page does not exist)">Shahid Amin</a> to have been "an extension of the <a href="/wiki/Pakistan_Air_Force" title="Pakistan Air Force">Pakistan Air Force</a>" at one point.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The first Chief of Air Staff of the UAE, appointed by Sheikh Zayed, was Air Cdre Ayaz Ahmed Khan, followed by Ghulam Haider, Jamal A. Khan and Feroz A. Khan, all of whom were Pakistan Air Force (PAF) officers.<sup id="cite_ref-Kamran_22-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kamran-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In total, the first five Chiefs of Air Staff of the UAE Air Force were Pakistanis.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The succeeding commanders were native officers, although <a href="/wiki/Group_captain" title="Group captain">group captain</a> ranked officers of the PAF continued serving as Deputy Chief of Air Staff.<sup id="cite_ref-Kamran_22-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kamran-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As of 2004, the UAEAF had around 55 Pakistani flying instructors, and there were a few number of Pakistani personnel serving in the <a href="/wiki/United_Arab_Emirates_Army" title="United Arab Emirates Army">UAE Army</a> and <a href="/wiki/United_Arab_Emirates_Navy" title="United Arab Emirates Navy">Navy</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Kamran_22-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kamran-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Officers of the <a href="/wiki/Pakistan_Navy" title="Pakistan Navy">Pakistan Navy</a> have served in the UAE while training the local naval force.<sup id="cite_ref-Kamran_22-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kamran-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Pakistan General <a href="/wiki/Ahmad_Shuja_Pasha" title="Ahmad Shuja Pasha">Ahmad Shuja Pasha</a> became a security advisor to the UAE government upon his retirement from the Pakistani secret service.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Inside Pakistan the UAE has a lease for use of <a href="/wiki/Shamsi_Airfield" title="Shamsi Airfield">Shamsi Airfield</a> located in Pakistan's Balochistan province.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>UAE supported the US's decision to sell <a href="/wiki/F-16" class="mw-redirect" title="F-16">F-16</a> aircraft to Pakistan to strengthen Pakistani airforce, saying the sale would not alter the balance of strength between India and Pakistan.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pakistan%E2%80%93United_Arab_Emirates_relations&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span 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title="Afghanistan–Pakistan relations">Afghanistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armenia%E2%80%93Pakistan_relations" title="Armenia–Pakistan relations">Armenia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan%E2%80%93Pakistan_relations" title="Azerbaijan–Pakistan relations">Azerbaijan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bahrain%E2%80%93Pakistan_relations" title="Bahrain–Pakistan relations">Bahrain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bangladesh%E2%80%93Pakistan_relations" title="Bangladesh–Pakistan relations">Bangladesh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhutan%E2%80%93Pakistan_relations" title="Bhutan–Pakistan relations">Bhutan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brunei%E2%80%93Pakistan_relations" title="Brunei–Pakistan relations">Brunei</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cambodia%E2%80%93Pakistan_relations" title="Cambodia–Pakistan relations">Cambodia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/China%E2%80%93Pakistan_relations" title="China–Pakistan relations">China</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong%E2%80%93Pakistan_relations" title="Hong 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relations">Kyrgyzstan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kuwait%E2%80%93Pakistan_relations" title="Kuwait–Pakistan relations">Kuwait</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laos%E2%80%93Pakistan_relations" title="Laos–Pakistan relations">Laos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lebanon%E2%80%93Pakistan_relations" title="Lebanon–Pakistan relations">Lebanon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maldives%E2%80%93Pakistan_relations" title="Maldives–Pakistan relations">Maldives</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malaysia%E2%80%93Pakistan_relations" title="Malaysia–Pakistan relations">Malaysia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Myanmar%E2%80%93Pakistan_relations" title="Myanmar–Pakistan relations">Myanmar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nepal%E2%80%93Pakistan_relations" title="Nepal–Pakistan relations">Nepal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Korea%E2%80%93Pakistan_relations" title="North Korea–Pakistan relations">North Korea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oman%E2%80%93Pakistan_relations" title="Oman–Pakistan relations">Oman</a></li> <li><a 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href="/wiki/Austria%E2%80%93Pakistan_relations" title="Austria–Pakistan relations">Austria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belarus%E2%80%93Pakistan_relations" title="Belarus–Pakistan relations">Belarus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belgium%E2%80%93Pakistan_relations" title="Belgium–Pakistan relations">Belgium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bosnia_and_Herzegovina%E2%80%93Pakistan_relations" title="Bosnia and Herzegovina–Pakistan relations">Bosnia and Herzegovina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Czech_Republic%E2%80%93Pakistan_relations" title="Czech Republic–Pakistan relations">Czech Republic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Denmark%E2%80%93Pakistan_relations" title="Denmark–Pakistan relations">Denmark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Finland%E2%80%93Pakistan_relations" title="Finland–Pakistan relations">Finland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/France%E2%80%93Pakistan_relations" title="France–Pakistan relations">France</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Germany%E2%80%93Pakistan_relations" title="Germany–Pakistan relations">Germany</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greece%E2%80%93Pakistan_relations" title="Greece–Pakistan relations">Greece</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holy_See%E2%80%93Pakistan_relations" title="Holy See–Pakistan relations">Holy See</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hungary%E2%80%93Pakistan_relations" title="Hungary–Pakistan relations">Hungary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ireland%E2%80%93Pakistan_relations" title="Ireland–Pakistan relations">Ireland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Italy%E2%80%93Pakistan_relations" title="Italy–Pakistan relations">Italy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kosovo%E2%80%93Pakistan_relations" title="Kosovo–Pakistan relations">Kosovo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malta%E2%80%93Pakistan_relations" title="Malta–Pakistan relations">Malta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Netherlands%E2%80%93Pakistan_relations" title="Netherlands–Pakistan relations">Netherlands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norway%E2%80%93Pakistan_relations" title="Norway–Pakistan relations">Norway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pakistan%E2%80%93Poland_relations" title="Pakistan–Poland relations">Poland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pakistan%E2%80%93Russia_relations" title="Pakistan–Russia relations">Russia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pakistan%E2%80%93Serbia_relations" title="Pakistan–Serbia relations">Serbia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pakistan%E2%80%93Spain_relations" title="Pakistan–Spain relations">Spain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pakistan%E2%80%93Switzerland_relations" title="Pakistan–Switzerland relations">Switzerland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pakistan%E2%80%93Ukraine_relations" title="Pakistan–Ukraine relations">Ukraine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pakistan%E2%80%93United_Kingdom_relations" title="Pakistan–United Kingdom relations">United Kingdom</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Oceania</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Australia%E2%80%93Pakistan_relations" title="Australia–Pakistan relations">Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand%E2%80%93Pakistan_relations" title="New Zealand–Pakistan relations">New Zealand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pakistan%E2%80%93Samoa_relations" title="Pakistan–Samoa relations">Samoa</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Former</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/East_Germany%E2%80%93Pakistan_relations" title="East Germany–Pakistan relations">East Germany</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pakistan%E2%80%93Soviet_Union_relations" title="Pakistan–Soviet Union relations">Soviet Union</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pakistan%E2%80%93Yugoslavia_relations" title="Pakistan–Yugoslavia relations">Yugoslavia</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td><td 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of Islamic Cooperation">Organisation of Islamic Cooperation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pakistan%E2%80%93NATO_relations" title="Pakistan–NATO relations">North Atlantic Treaty Organisation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CERN" title="CERN">European Organization for Nuclear Research</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uniting_for_Consensus" title="Uniting for Consensus">Uniting for Consensus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shanghai_Cooperation_Organisation" title="Shanghai Cooperation Organisation">Shanghai Cooperation Organisation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Asian_Association_for_Regional_Cooperation" title="South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation">South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economic_Cooperation_Organization" title="Economic Cooperation Organization">Economic Cooperation Organization</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_of_Nations" title="Commonwealth of Nations">Commonwealth of Nations</a></li></ul> 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Pakistan">Terrorist attacks on embassies of Pakistan</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related topics</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_(Pakistan)" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Pakistan)">Ministry of Foreign Affairs</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Foreign_Affairs_(Pakistan)" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister of Foreign Affairs (Pakistan)">Minister of Foreign Affairs</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_diplomatic_missions_of_Pakistan" title="List of diplomatic missions of Pakistan">Diplomatic missions of Pakistan</a>/<a href="/wiki/List_of_diplomatic_missions_in_Pakistan" title="List of diplomatic missions in Pakistan">in Pakistan</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_diplomatic_missions_in_Karachi" title="List of diplomatic missions in Karachi">in Karachi</a>)</li> <li><a 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