Sovereignty First
Muslim Solidarity
Justice & Equity
Strategic Balance
Sovereignty First
Muslim Solidarity
Justice & Equity
Strategic Balance
JI views ECO — connecting Pakistan with Central Asia, Iran, Türkiye, and Afghanistan — as an underutilised framework for building an economically sovereign regional bloc.
JI fully supports Pakistan's engagement with international legal mechanisms — including the ICJ and ICC — when used to hold aggressors accountable. JI particularly backs South Africa's genocide case against Israel at the ICJ and calls on Pakistan to join as a party.
Jamaat-e-Islami has consistently argued that Pakistan has historically subordinated its foreign policy to external powers — sacrificing strategic independence for aid, security guarantees, and elite access. JI views this as a fundamental error that has diminished Pakistan's standing, created dangerous dependencies, and tied the country to conflicts that serve others' interests.
JI's alternative is a self-reliant, principled foreign policy: one that prioritises economic diplomacy over military alignment, builds genuine partnerships with the Muslim world, and speaks with a moral voice on global injustices. This does not mean isolationism — it means dignity.
Pakistan must not bind itself to any superpower bloc. Relations with the US, China, and Russia should serve Pakistani interests — not be shaped by loyalty or fear.
Pakistan does not need to choose between East and West, between great powers or regional blocs. It needs to choose itself — its own people, its own sovereignty, its own moral compass. That is the foreign policy Jamaat-e-Islami has always stood for.
Jamaat-e-Islami Foreign Policy Statement