Abstract
In the heydays of the imperial powers; Tsarist Russia tried in vain to get an
opening into the warm waters somewhere in the Arabian Sea but the British
colonial masters realized this emerging threat to their colonial possession in south
Asia and hence prevented Russians to cross the Oxus southward, this was known
as “the Great Game”. Pakistan was kept as the border land on the western frontier
of India, yet the worst sufferers were the people of Central Asia who were isolated
from the rest of the world and their countries were developed as backyard garden
of Russia (Dani, A, H, 1996, 23). History reveals that Pakistan have had close
economic ties with the region. The dissolution of USSR in 1991, not only provided
independence to Central Asian states, but gave opportunity to open themselves in
the world through Pakistan via land routes and sea routes. The main focus of this
paper is to highlight Pakistan’s prospects and challenges for Central Asian states.
Naheeda Khatoon, Isma Younes. (2019) Pakistan’s Interests / Opportunities & Constraints in Central Asian States, Journal of the Punjab University Historical Society, Volume 32, Issue 2.
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