Challenges facing Pakistan in the interconnected and interdependent global world

Abstract

Globalization is a trendy, intriguing, and compelling term, but it is also divisive, contentious, and problematic. It is also one of the 21st century's most talked-about economic, political, social, and cultural phenomena. Globalization, according to several writers, is a multifaceted phenomenon. Internationalization and cosmopolitanism, assimilation and fragmentation, universalization and homogenization are all part of this process, which is essentially an unavoidable dialectical mechanism involving rapid social, cultural, political, and technical change. As a result, these changes are occurring concurrently in many directions, at various sizes, and in various regions, demonstrating the interdependence and interconnection of all these disciplines, sizes, and scenarios. There are various facets of globalization that are influencing the current world, and each of these dimensions is inextricably linked to the others. Interdependency and interconnectivity are the two main processes and key tools of globalization that are responsible for creating a homogenized and deterritorialized world. Pakistan attempted to cultivate excellent connections with the rest of the world immediately after independence in order to capitalize on the opportunities created by globalization. However, it is critical to determine whether Pakistan can make use of the prospects as a developing country or whether the opportunities are solely available to industrial and developed countries. It is also important to examine Pakistan's efforts to integrate into the global community and to investigate its repercussions. This research article is a case study of Pakistan to study the implications of globalization on local culture and common citizens. For this purpose, a simple and direct research methodology was adopted by using both primary (including scholarly works, research articles, reports, case studies, and dissertations) and secondary sources (qualitative and quantitative data supplied by other scholars and agencies).