Pakistan's Relations with the United States under Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto (1971-1977)

Abstract

Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto continued to serve as Pakistan's Foreign Minister and was a virtuoso .He continued to serve as Pakistan's Foreign Minister and was instrumental in formulating foreign policy, wherein he dealt with foreign affairs with other countries very smoothly. He had followed the policy of interdependence and bilateralism in Pakistan’s foreign policy. He had withdrawn his membership from SEATO and CENTO. He had stayed away from the western countries' multilateral alliances and pacts. He had to deal with the post war issue.

The research paper  achieved the following objectives: to evaluate Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto's contributions to the development of foreign policy towards the United States as well as the role of Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto in the process of foreign policy formulation with reference to Pakistan-United States relations from 1971 to 1977.

Keywords: SEATO, CENTO, BILATERALISM