Public diplomacy effort launched in capital

Raabta was launched in Islamabad on Thursday

ISLAMABAD: A public diplomacy initiative, called Raabta’ was launched in the capital on Thursday.

British High Commissioner Thomas Drew shared his perspective of present-day economic and development trends, the role of public diplomacy and the impact of dialogue and inclusion in building a shared sustainable future.

“The 70th anniversary of [Pakistan’s] Independence is an occasion to remember the founding spirit and ideals of Pakistan which were set out so eloquently by those two giants of the Independence Movement — Muhammad Ali Jinnah and Allama Muhammad Iqbal — and to celebrate also the extraordinary links between the United Kingdom and Pakistan, links that Jinnah and Iqbal benefited from. Jinnah himself said two days before the Independence in 1947, ‘Our object should be peace within, with our immediate neighbours and the world at large’.”

Published in The Express Tribune, September 16^th, 2017.