Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina likely to visit Pakistan for the first time

Prime Minister (PM) of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina had written to PM Imran Khan to accept Khan’s invitation to visit Pakistan, which was extended last July, reported Dawn on Monday.

Hasina also invited Khan to visit Bangladesh. According to the media outlet, no dates have been set yet for the Bangladeshi PM’s trip to Pakistan.

The Pakistani side has proposed to Bangladesh to prepare a road map for the PM’s historical trip.

Sheikh Hasina met with Pakistan’s High Commissioner to Bangladesh Imran Ahmed Siddiqui in the capital Dhaka where she reiterated her government’s desire for stronger trade ties and economic collaboration with Pakistan.

The Foreign Office of Pakistan said that the high commissioner conveyed Khan’s message of goodwill and friendship to Hasina and the people of Bangladesh and presented her a photo album of late PM Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s [PM Hasina’s father] visit to Pakistan to attend the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in 1974.