By: Salman Rafi Shiekh
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In November, Pakistan formally utilized for membership in BRICS, the extra-regional membership comprising Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa that has been steadily outgrowing its authentic acronym with an underlying ambition to turn into a world membership. The query is why Pakis…