NEW YORK (The Thursday Times) — World Bank ne khamoshi se aalami taraqqiyati jughrafiye ki sab se purani intizami lakeeron mein se aik ko dobara khinch diya hai, aur Pakistan ko apne South Asia ke khitti giroh se nikal kar fiscal year 2026 se Middle East aur North Africa ke zumre mein shamil kar diya hai.
Yeh tabdili kisi bare elan ya press conference mein samne nahin aayi, balkeh idaare ki apni DataBank metadata glossary mein nazar aayi, jahan ab Pakistan aur Afghanistan ko Middle East aur North Africa ke khitte ka hissa dikhaya gaya hai. Ab tak Pakistan taweel arsay se South Asia ke teht Bharat, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan aur Maldives ke saath shumar hota raha tha.
Aik satah par yeh radd-o-badal takneeki hai. Kaseer-ul-fareeqi idaare waqtan fawaqtan apne qarze ke portfolios, maeeshati models, andaruni intizami dhanchon aur khitti hikmat-e-amliyon ko hum-ahang karne ke liye daraja-bandiyon par nazar-e-sani karte rehte hain. Taham khitti nam kabhi mehz intizami nahin hote. Yehi tai karte hain ke sarmaya-karon, safeeron aur taraqqiyati mansoobah-bandon ki nazar mein mulkon par kis tarah baat hoti hai, un ka kis tarah mawazna kiya jata hai aur unhein kis tarah samjha jata hai.
Pakistan ke liye yeh iqdam ahmiyat rakhta hai kyunkeh yeh aise waqt mein samne aaya hai jab mulk apne bairooni rukh ko musalsal wasee kar raha hai. Aik waqt tha jab Pakistan ko lagbhag poori tarah South Asia ki kashmakash ke zaviye se dekha jata tha, lekin haal ke saalon mein us ne maghrib ki taraf, khaas taur par Khaleej ke saath, maeeshati aur hikmat-e-amli ke rishte gehre kiye hain.
Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates aur Qatar Pakistan ke sab se ahem maali aur sifarati shuraka mein shumar hone lagay hain. Riyadh ne deposits aur rollover ke intizamat ke zariye Pakistan ki balance sheet ko bar bar sahara diya hai. Emirati sarmaya logistics, havabazi aur infrastructure mein apna daira phailata gaya hai. Lakhon Pakistani karkun Khaleeji mulkon ki labour marketon mein kaleedi haisiyat rakhte hain, aur woh jo remittances bhejte hain woh mulk ke andarooni sarf aur zarmubadla ke zakhair ko sahara dete hain.
Sath hi, Islamabad ki siyasi zaban badal gayi hai. Pakistani hukkam ab zyada tar connectivity corridors, tawanai ke inzimam aur Wasti Asia, Khaleej aur Bahr-e-Arab ko jorne wali maghribi tijarati rahdariyon ki baat karte hain. Is dhanche mein Pakistan aik atraf mein waqe Janoobi Asiai riyasat se zyada khitton ko jorne wali aik hinge economy nazar aata hai.
Is ki alamati ahmiyat se bhi inkar mumkin nahin. Janoobi Asia, jaisa ke aam taur par samjha jata hai, aksar aise khitte ko kaha gaya jis par Bharat ka hajm, us ki mandiyan aur us ki siyasi kashish ghalib rahi. Is grouping ke andar Pakistan ki apni kahani aksar taqabuli andaz mein sunai gayi: Bharat ke muqable mein numu, Bharat ke muqable mein salamati, Bharat ke muqable mein sifarat karari.
Middle East aur North Africa ke grouping mein muntaqili jughrafiye ko mita nahin deti, aur na hi Janoobi Asia ko aik jeeti jagti haqeeqat ke taur par khatam karti hai. Pakistan ke puray barr-e-saghir mein gehre saqafati, lisani aur tarikhi rishte hain. Tijarati rahdariyan, naql-e-makani ke rujhanat aur khandani tarikhein database ki zaban se dobara tarteeb nahin di ja sakteen.
Lekin is dobara darjabandi se zahir hota hai ke bairooni idaray ab Pakistan ko zyada wasee nazariye se dekh rahe hain. Us ki maeeshati inhisariyat, labour ki aamad-o-raft, salamati ki ahmiyat aur sifarati raabtay ab mashriq ke sath sath maghrib ki taraf bhi faisla kun taur par phail chuke hain.
Is ka waqt qabil-e-zikr hai. Pakistan ne Khaleej aur wasee tar Mashriq-e-Wusta mein jari uthal puthal ke darmiyan zyada bara alaqai kirdar hasil karne ki koshish ki hai, aur khud ko aisi pul ki haisiyat rakhne wali riyasat ke taur par pesh kiya hai jo mukhtalif blocs ke darmiyan baat cheet karne ki salahiyat rakhti hai. Yeh mauqif Khaleeji dar-ul-hukumaton ke saath mazboot hote hue taluqat aur Pakistan ko mehz bohran zada maeeshat ke bajaye sarmaya kari aur logistics ke markaz ke taur par pesh karne ki taza koshishon ke saath saath samne aaya hai.
