That China-Pakistan Economic Corridor has thrown up an opportunity for Pakistan to create greater connectivity not within Pakistan but also establish new economic links with the Central Asian states is a fact that has been manifesting in every speech of Prime Minister of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif and his Cabinet colleagues. It was only a few days ago that finance minister Ishaq Dar averred that the economic corridor will be beneficial to the entire region. A pro-Pakistan government of Ashraf Ghani in Afghanistan seems to have contributed to our government's enthusiasm. The other principal factors that have added to the government's optimism could be the successful ongoing Operation Zarb-e-Azb against terrorism and extremism in the country. But the government must not lose sight of the fact that excessive hopefulness and confidence can go astray in the absence of required strategies characterized by short- and long-term country's objectives and goals. At present, the policymakers in country's Foreign Office seem to be pre-occupied with a job that makes it mandatory for them to articulate responses to every Indian provocation, leaving them with not much time to deal with some real issues of substance. India's prime minister Narendra Modi is required to be dismissed and ignored with utter disdain and contempt; it should be our government's policy because he seeks - as pointed out by JUI-F emir Maulana Fazlur Rahman - to derail Pakistan's economic development plans.