Lowy Institute, an Australian think tank, has placed Pakistan as the 15th most powerful country in Asia after it made significant diplomatic gains last year.
According to the Asia Power Index 2020, Pakistan, under the leadership of Prime Minister Imran Khan, has taken numerous initiatives to improve diplomatic ties with other nations.
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Each year, Lowy Institute publishes the Asia Power Index which measures the resources and influence to assess the relative power of 26 countries.
Asia Power Index is compiled on the basis of the following eight performance indicators; economic capability, military capability, resilience, future resources, economic relationships, defense networks, diplomatic influence, and cultural influence.
Overall, Pakistan scored 15.2 out of 100 in the Asia Power Index 2020. The country has improved its diplomatic influence, future resources, and resilience in comparison to last year’s index.
On the other hand, Pakistan’s score for cultural influence, defense networks, military capability, and economic relationships has decreased this year.
Meanwhile, Pakistan’s economic capability remained unchanged for 2020.
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Here is a detailed breakdown of Pakistan’s overall score.
| Performance indicator | Annual change in score |
| Diplomatic influence | +3.8 |
| Resilience | +1.3 |
| Future resources | +1.2 |
| Economic capability | +0.1 |
| Economic relationships | -0.2 |
| Military capability | -0.8 |
| Defense networks | -1.9 |
| Cultural influence | -3.9 |
United States, China, Japan, India, and Russia make up the top 5 most powerful countries on the Asia Power Index 2020.
Here are the overall scores of each of these countries.
| Country | Score | Rank |
| United States | 81.6 | 1st |
| China | 76.1 | 2nd |
| Japan | 41 | 3rd |
| India | 39.7 | 4th |
| Russia | 33.5 | 5th |
Via: Lowy Institute
Tears are flowing from my eyes. This is the power of Khan. I will do a sadqa of One Kaala Baqra for Imran Khan today. Allah nazre bad say bachaey maray pyaray Kaptaan ko.
I want to do a sadqa of one PTI Tiger, but I dont know whether it is Halal or Haraam?.
I can only comment on relative to last year basis since the other variables are unknown. Seems to me the score on military power and military relationships should have improved and also on economic power and relationships.
Our alliance with China makes us a much more potent threat to India especially in the far north where we are now in a position to make a junction with chinese fprces.
Similarly we have acquired technology from turkey and are collaborating with the turks and supporting Azeris so our regional power is growing.
Economically on relative basis we have coped better with covid than most and our economy came out relatively unscathed. Most other countries sufgered compared to where they were last year. Therefore we should have progressed more than this report shows.
I can’t understand why Pakistan has lost points w.r to military capability n defense networks.
I just slept for a while, and you all leeches started attacking my Captain.
Am back folks, so please comment on reasonability and like and dislike with reality not with emotions….
SSShhhhhhh you All negative spreading people :X
look at that US and we want WAR/Conflict with Them
we’ve been there for better part of this DECADE you morons.. oh i mean.. bhootiyo.. oh i mean, youthio………..
Name speaks for itself. ARMAN BHOOTIYA ….
if there are 15 countries in total