The international news outlet The Diplomat has highlighted Pakistan’s recent achievements in diplomacy in Washington and showed the growing influence of Islamabad in regional and global affairs.
According to the report, India is currently dealing with 50 per cent US tariff, besides diplomatic setbacks of being denied a presidential visit following its rejection of US mediation claim on Pakistan and India dispute. This has resulted in a time of flatness for US-India relations, the newspaper said.
In contrast, Pakistan performed well enough and converted the situation into a diplomatic opportunity. By embracing President Donald Trump as a third-party broker, Islamabad had consolidated its relationship with Washington at an important moment.
The Diplomat included the point that Pakistan’s prompt diplomacy led to high-level contacts with the US such as invitations for Pakistan’s Army Chief to the White House and visits by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Field Marshal Asim Munir in September 2025.
The report highlighted that discussions during these visits were not limited to security issues only but also addressed trade and investment issues reviving Pakistan-US cooperation on counterterrorism issues, which have been a longstanding pillar in bilateral relations.
In July of 2025, the two countries made a trade deal involving tariff cuts and President Trump also unveiled a joint development of major oil reserves.
By December of 2025, the upgrading of Pakistan’s F-16 fighter planes was approved by the US to further solidify the defence collaboration.
In parallel to this, the US declared the BLA and Majid Brigade as a terrorist organisation, and kept the tariff at 50 per cent on Indian goods because of a lack of trade agreement with New Delhi.
The report concluded that these developments bring out Pakistan’s strategic and effective diplomacy and its capacity to navigate complex international relations and make its presence felt on the Global stage.
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