ISLAMABAD, President Dr Arif Alvi said in the inaugural session of Islamabad Conclave 2023 themed ‘Pakistan in a changing world’ organized by Institute of Strategic Studies Islamabad (ISSI),that Pakistan required a dynamic approach to address the threats to regional peace. He said Pakistan must consciously rediscover its vision in the wake of super power rivalries and interference of neighboring states.
The president emphasized close liaison among politicians and parliamentarians, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Defence for effective deliberations and policy-making. President Alvi said the civilized world today had forgotten the principles of morality and was witnessing prevalence of wars waged by powerful against weaker segments. He said the situation in Gaza is an alarming sign of the apathy of the world which could not stop the massacre of innocent people including women and children. He regretted that even the gory imagery of Gaza killings could not shake the world’s conscience, terming it a failure of the intellect of mankind. Dr Alvi said allowing few states the right of veto power was in fact the first failure of mankind to bow before the vested interests. He expressed disappointment over the approach of democratic countries supporting wars and said morality must be the anchor of human thinking. He said the world at the moment direly needed the approach of love, empathy and forgiveness. He said, the world faced several threats such as skewed development, immigration problems in first world countries as result of the conflicts in third world countries, increasing poverty, artificial intelligence, nuclear weaponization, and environmental changes. President Alvi stressed the need for adhering to the principles of socio-economic justice among communities by extending them equal opportunities in all fields of life.