Pak PM Kakar was isolated and sidelined in climate summit 2023. People are criticizing after seeing photo in COP28.
Following the release of the official photograph from the COP28 climate summit, some online commenters critiqued the positioning of Pakistan’s Prime Minister Kakar. The image showed PM Kakar standing isolated off to the side, while Indian Prime Minister Modi appeared front and center next to the host country, the United Arab Emirates, and other prominent world leaders.
On social media platforms, some users insinuated that PM Kakar’s placement in the photograph indicated he was sidelined at the important climate conference. Meanwhile, PM Modi’s proximity to the host in the photo was interpreted as a sign of his influence on the global stage.
The positioning of leaders in group photographs often becomes a subject of informal analysis, but the implications are open to interpretation. The summit provided an opportunity for nations to discuss collaborating in the mission of tackling the climate crisis.
Diplomatic circles have widely viewed India’s foreign policy approach in recent years as a success. When Prime Minister Narendra Modi first took office, one of his primary objectives was to diplomatically isolate Pakistan from the international community due to longstanding tensions between the two nations. By many accounts, India succeeded in this goal for several years as Pakistan faced increasing diplomatic pressure.