Geographical Importance of Pakistan

Geopolitical importance of Pakistan

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"While history has been unkind with Pakistan, its geography has been its greatest benefit. It has resources rich area in the north-west, people rich in the north-east." ~Stepehen Cohn.

Geo strategic means the importance of a country or a region as by virtue of its geographical location. Geo political is defined as, stressing the influence of geographic factors on the state power, international conduct and advantages it derives from its location.

Pakistan is located on the world map amidst three great continents, South Asia, Central Asia and West Asia. It is surrounding by three big powers, China, India and Russia and located at a crossing amongst important countries like Iran, Afghanistan and Central Asian states. Interestingly the doors of all these countries open into the backyard of Pakistan.

Pakistan's geo-political location is strategically unique and extremely valuable. Six wars have so far been fought from and over the soil of Pakistan and the present continuing War on terror is not yet over.

In addition, Pakistan has always been an important and attractive necessity for global-powers, target of international conspiracies and persistent battle field for regional and global-powers.

History reveals that the rulers of Soviet-Union in the past had a long dream of an access to warm-water oceans for which the shortest route was through Afghanistan, Balochistan and right into the Indian ocean. However this aim could not be achieved due to British global colonial Umpire and their sole supremacy over the ocean. Following the end of British rule over India and independence of India and Pakistan, the objective of gaining an access to the Indian-ocean could be achieved by diplomacy with the concerned Government of Afghanistan and Pakistan, instead the nuclear power...