Pakistani Parliament Speaker shakes hands with Jaishankar in Bangladesh, Yunus shares picture

S Jaishankar meets Pakistan National Assembly Speaker: Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Khaleda Zia's last rites have been performed. Her last rites were performed in Dhaka. Meanwhile, Indian External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar arrived to attend the last rites of Bangladesh's first female Prime Minister. External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar met Khaleda Zia's son and Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) working president Tariq Rahman. He expressed his condolences and handed over a letter from Prime Minister Narendra Modi to him.

During this visit, External Affairs Minister Jaishankar also met a senior Pakistani politician present there. Pictures of this have been shared on social media. This is the first meeting between senior leaders of India and Pakistan after Operation Sindoor.

Which Pakistani politician did Jaishankar meet?

External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar shook hands with Pakistani politician Sardar Ayaz Sadiq, who is the National Assembly Speaker of the National Assembly. The two leaders had an unofficial meeting. There was no discussion about their mutual relationship. The photographs have not been released by the foreign ministries of both countries.

Who is Sardar Ayaz Sadiq?

The Pakistani politician whom Foreign Minister Jaishankar met is believed to be close to Pakistani Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif. Ayaz also mocked the then Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood over the Balakot strike. He had said at the time that Mehmood had said that India would attack if Indian pilot Abhinandan was not released.