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Pakistan’s Taiwan airspace U-turn exposes diplomatic balancing act

Pakistan’s Taiwan airspace U-turn exposes diplomatic balancing act

New Delhi, Oct 29 (IANS) Pakistan’s abrupt decision to bar Taiwanese commercial airlines from using its airspace, followed by an equally swift U-turn, has exposed the tight diplomatic rope that Islamabad treads to keep open all possible sources of support for the crumbling administration and its economy, and the frequent slips while doing that. While engaging desperately in parleys to solve the vexed issue of being pitted against neighbour Iran with its strategic defence pact with Saudi Arabia and Turkey, Pakistan is on the edge between “all-weather” partner China and the United States, who Islamabad needs to urge upon financial…
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