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Bangladesh and Pakistani delegation met. Foreign Secretaries of both countries also met.
Foreign Secretary level conversation was held between Bangladesh and Pakistan on Thursday after 15 years. During this time Bangladesh raised many unresolved issues. Bangladeshi Foreign Secretary Mohammad Jashim Uddin demanded a formal apology from Pakistan for the atrocities of 1971.
Bangladesh said that when the two countries were the same in 1971, Pakistan should pay $ 4.3 billion (Rs 36 thousand crore or 52 thousand crore taka) from the joint property of the then. Along with this, during the cyclone in 1970, one should also pay $ 200 million (about 2400 million taka) to help Bangladesh (then East Pakistan).
The issue of return of 3 lakh 'Biharis' also raised
Bangladesh also raised the issue of the return of more than 3 lakh stranded Pakistanis living in Dhaka camps. In Bangladesh, they are called 'Bihari'. These are basically Urdu -speaking Muslim migrants, who settled in East Pakistan (Bangladesh) from Bihar and Uttar Pradesh after India's partition in 1947.
After the 1971 Bangladesh liberation struggle, these people showed loyalty to West Pakistan, due to which they faced discrimination and harassment in Bangladesh. They were taken revenge as a 'pro -Pakistan'. Their properties were confiscated, and they faced violence, rape, and murders.
The Indian Army and Red Cross then set up several temporary relief camps at Dhaka and other places for their safety. Since the independence of Bangladesh, millions of people have been living in bad conditions in relief camps, nor has Pakistan adopted them nor Bangladesh has given them full citizenship.
Mohammad Jashim Uddin from Bangladesh and Amna Baloch from Pakistan attended a foreign level meeting.
Bangladesh's major neighbor told Pakistan
A journalist asked Jashim Uddin if Dhaka's inclination was towards Pakistan at present, as it was towards India. On this, he said that Bangladesh intends to join Pakistan on the basis of respect and mutual benefit.
He said that Bangladesh insists on advancing relations with all neighboring countries according to its foreign policy. Pakistan is one of the major neighbors of Bangladesh in South Asia.
Bangladeshi Foreign Secretary said that Pakistan Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar will visit Bangladesh on April 27 and 28. Aamna Baloch said that direct flight between the two countries will also start soon.
Pakistani foreign secretary met Mohammad Yunus
Jashim Uddin told the media after the Foreign Office Consultancy (FOC) with his Pakistani counterpart Aamna Baloch that we have historically raised unresolved issues with Pakistan.
Bangladeshi Foreign Secretary said- We said that this is the right time to resolve historically unresolved issues. These issues need to be resolved for mutual advantages and interests.
Pakistani Foreign Secretary Amna Baloch met Chief Advisor Muhammad Yunus, Chief Advisor, Government of Bangladesh and Mohammad Tauheed Hussain, advisor to Foreign Affairs.
Mohammad Yusuf, Chief of the Interim Government of Bangladesh along with Pakistan's Foreign Secretary Amana Baloch.
Indo-Pak war started on Bangladesh people with oppression Pakistan was divided into East and West. The people of East Pakistan used to speak Bengali. Women wore sarees. The leaders of West Pakistan, who run the government, considered them to be of secondary status. East Pakistan had 55% population, 80% of its budget was spent in West Pakistan. When the people of East Pakistan raised their voice, the Pak Army used to suppress their voice.
Angered by discrimination, the people of East Pakistan started demanding a separate Bangladesh state. The Pak Army was massacre every day. On 25 March 1971, Pakistan started an operation search light by imposing curfew to crush its eastern part. General Tikka Khan was given the responsibility of this.
People of East Pakistan headed towards the Indian border for shelter. At that time, 1 million people stood in Assam and West Bengal seeking asylum.
On the very first day, the people who saw the flag of Bangladesh, who were seen, were killed. The army attacked Dhaka University at night. In two days, the Pakistani army killed more than 1.5 lakh people.
On December 3, 1971, the Indian Army attacked the Pak army due to the barbarity of the Pakistani Army in East Pakistan. The 1971 war between India and Pakistan began as the Bangladesh Liberation War.
After 13 days of war that lasted arms from the Pakistani Army on 16 December. The Indian army had captivated about 90 thousand Pakistani soldiers.
Bangladesh-Pakistan came close after Sheikh Hasina's coup
Pakistani PM Sharif and Yunus during the D-8 summit in Cairo. The picture is from December 19.
After the fall of Sheikh Hasina government in August last year, the relations between Bangladesh and Pakistan have come close. Since then, Pakistani Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif and Chief Advisor Mohammad Yunus have met twice. The two met in September during the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York and during the D-8 Summit in Cairo in December.
After this meeting, Bangladesh made visa rules easier for Pakistani citizens and direct shipping between the two countries started. There was no direct maritime trade between Pakistan and Bangladesh before the Yunus government.
Earlier, Pakistani goods were sent through ports of third countries like Sri Lanka, Malaysia or Singapore to transport goods to Bangladesh. Because of this, both time and cost used to grow. After the interim government came to power in August 2024, Bangladesh removed import sanctions on Pakistani goods and allowed direct shipping.
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