Identity and interests: History of Pakistan’s Foreign Policy and the Middle Eastern Muslim States, 1947 to 1956

Figures & data

Table 1. Pakistan’s Hosted conferences, from 1949 to 1955*

Name of the Conference	Year	Held in	Result
International Islamic Conference (IIC)	1949	Karachi	Two sessions were conducted but without any concrete follow-up.
Motmar-I-Islami (World Muslim Congress)	1949 1951	Karachi	The first two meetings were held in Karachi, with very few achievements, then suspended for eleven years, to resurface in 192.
The International Economic Conference (IIEO)	1949 1951	Karachi	It also fails to make any consensus for an economic joint venture among Muslim states.
Congress Ulma-I-Islam	1952	Karachi	The conference further created a cleavage between different schools of thought.
International Assembly of Muslim Youth	1955	Karachi	It also failed to achieve the goals.

*Data compiled by the Author from different sources.

Table 2. Details of Pakistan treaties and agreements with Middle East countries from 1947 to 1953*

Country	Year	Nature of Agreement
Egypt	22 May 1949	Pakistan-Egypt Trade Agreement: Karachi.
	14 November 1953	Pakistan-Egypt Agreement on Culture: Karachi.
Syria	29 August 1950	Treaty of Friendship between Pakistan and the Syrian Republic: Karachi.
Lebanon	16 January 1953	Pakistan-Lebanon Treaty of Friendship: Beirut.
Yemen	8 April 1952	Pakistan-Yemen Treaty of Friendship: Cairo.
Iraq	2 February 1950	Pakistan-Iraq Treaty of Friendship: Baghdad.
	20 June 1950	Pakistan-Iraq Agreement on Air Services: Baghdad.
	31 March 1951	Pakistan-Iraq Trade Agreement: Karachi.
	March–April 1952	Pakistan-Iraq Agreement on the reduction of visa fees concluded by the exchange of notes.
Iran	18 February 1950	Pakistan-Iran Treaty of Friendship: Tehran.
	25 June and 14 October 1950	Agreement between the Governments of Pakistan and Iran concerning the abolition of visa fees.

*Information compiled by the Author from Pakistan Treaty Series 1947–53, VOL-I, Editor: Riaz Ahmed Syed, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, (Research Division) Islamabad, 2006.