Relationship dossier
Pakistan
Tajikistan
Relationship assessment
Pakistan and Tajikistan maintain constructive ties with cooperation in energy, trade, security and education.
Pakistan toward Tajikistan
+35Pakistan signed bilateral cooperation documents with Tajikistan during President Rahmon’s 2017 visit, including agreements covering defense and economic cooperation. Pakistan also participates with Tajikistan in the CASA-1000 electricity transmission project.
Tajikistan toward Pakistan
+35Tajikistan signed bilateral cooperation documents with Pakistan during President Rahmon’s 2017 visit, including agreements covering defense and economic cooperation. Tajikistan also participates with Pakistan in the CASA-1000 electricity transmission project.
Overall relationship
+35The relationship has a practical cooperative foundation, including a package of bilateral agreements and participation in a regional electricity transmission project. These arrangements support a positive assessment, while uncertainty about their implementation and the scope of sustained cooperation limits the strength of that conclusion.
How to read these scores
Scores are rough judgments, not objective measurements or current verification. Directional scores describe government policy and conduct, not public opinion. The overall score is an independent estimate, never an average.
- −100
- Extreme sustained hostility
- −50
- Substantially adversarial
- 0
- Mixed or neutral, supported by knowledge
- +50
- Substantially cooperative
- +100
- Exceptionally close sustained partnership
“Not assessed” means there is no recorded score. Pair existence makes no claim about diplomatic recognition or established relations.
Relationship context
Overview
Pakistan and Tajikistan have pursued practical cooperation in trade, energy, security and education. During Tajik President Emomali Rahmon’s 2017 visit to Pakistan, the governments signed several cooperation documents, including in defense and economic fields. Both countries also participate in the CASA-1000 electricity transmission project, which is intended to move electricity from Central Asia toward South Asia. The breadth and implementation of bilateral cooperation are not fully clear.
Key developments
During President Emomali Rahmon’s visit to Pakistan, the two governments signed several cooperation documents covering areas including defense, economic relations and education.
Pakistan and Tajikistan participated in the CASA-1000 project to transmit electricity from Central Asia toward South Asia.
Major uncertainties
- The extent to which bilateral agreements have been implemented is unclear.
- The scale of direct trade and security cooperation is uncertain.