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    375 : Pakistan’s Involvement in the ‘Heart of Asia’ Conference

    Anish Mishra

    23 December 2016

    The sixth Heart of Asia-Istanbul-Process Ministerial conference was held on 4 December 2016 in Amritsar (India). Pakistan chose to attend the conference despite India’s boycott of the summit of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) which was scheduled to be hosted by Islamabad. This paper is an analysis of Pakistan’s role in the ‘Heart of Asia’ Conference.