The Foreign policy of Pakistan sets out in the way it interacts with foreign nations and to determine its standard of interactions for its organizations, corporations and individual citizens. Backed by the semi-agriculture and semi-industrialized economy, Pakistan is the 47th largest (nominal GDP) and 27th largest (purchasing power) economic power in the world, with a defence budget of $560 billion, which accounts for approximately ~2.8% of global military spending. The Foreign Minister of Pakistan is the official charged with state-to-state diplomacy, although the Prime minister maintains an ultimate authority over foreign policy. The state foreign policy includes defining the national interest, as well as the economic interest and strategies chosen both to safeguard that and to achieve its policy goals. The current Minister of Foreign Affairs is Hina Khar.
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