Pakistani experts express concerns on accession of Sweden, Finland to NATO

STORY: Pakistani experts express concerns on accession of Sweden, Finland to NATO DATELINE: July 21, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:35 LOCATION: Islamabad CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. STANDUP 1 (English) ALI JASWAL, Xinhua reporter 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English) TASNEEM ASLAM, Former Special Secretary Multilateralism at Pakistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English) SAEED KHALID, Former Head of Europe and Americas Division at Pakistani Foreign Ministry 4. STANDUP 2 (English) ALI JASWAL, Xinhua reporter 5. SOUNDBITE 3 (English) TASNEEM ASLAM, Former Special Secretary Multilateralism at Pakistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs 6. SOUNDBITE 4 (English) SAEED KHALID, Former Head of Europe and Americas Division at Pakistani Foreign Ministry STORYLINE: The experts in Pakistan have expressed serious concerns on the accession of Sweden and Finland to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), saying that it may exacerbate regional tension. STANDUP 1 (English) ALI JASWAL, Xinhua reporter "The accession of Swede

Pakistani expert casts doubt on NATO's role in international security

STORY: NATO's contribution to peace, security doubtful: Pakistani expert DATELINE: July 3, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:37 LOCATION: Islamabad CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE (English): TASNEEM ASLAM, Former Pakistani diplomat STORYLINE: The NATO summit has wrapped up amid mounting criticisms of the military alliance's increasingly aggressive and destabilizing security policies. A Pakistani expert says it's a question as to what contribution NATO has made to peace and security in Europe or elsewhere in the world. SOUNDBITE (English): TASNEEM ASLAM, Former Pakistani diplomat "The Cuban missile crisis arose specifically because the Americans saw Russian missile deployment as an act of aggression or against the US, because they were deploying missiles in the backyard. So if that is an accepted principle, between a big powers, then by the same token, then any intervention or any provocative actions, like enrolling countries in Russia's backyard into NATO is a provocative action. Ukrainian war did not happen