Munir Akram

Pakistan’s Permanent Ambassador to the United Nations argues that the country needs an immediate and long term viable “Master Resilient Reconstruction Plan” with well-conceived and properly structured private and public projects.

Permanent Representative of Pakistan to the United Nations, Ambassador Munir Akram, analyzes Pakistan’s challenges and way ahead in the next decade. The international order is evolving, and the deepening US-India relations to counter China helps to bring greater strategic clarity for Pakistan.

A consummate Pakistani diplomat for over 40 years, analyses how Indian actions, revoking the special status of Kashmir and imposing a blanket curfew and communications blockade, will only give force to those believing that the gun solution is their last resort for self-determination. He articulates the four forces that may stop India from progressing on the disastrous course it is set on.

In his well-researched book, “A Hard Country”, Anatol Lieven attributed Pakistan’s survival from persistent internal and external crises to the extraordinary resilience of Pakistan’s...