Pakistan-Bangladesh ties warm after ex-PM Hasina's fall

Islamabad seeks to boost trade with Dhaka to $3bn as official exchanges grow

20250121 Bangladesh Chittagong Port

The port of Chittagong: A direct maritime route connecting the Bangladeshi port with the port of of Karachi in Pakistan resumed operation in November last year. © AP

ADNAN AAMIR

ISLAMABAD -- Relations between Pakistan and Bangladesh are experiencing a historic thaw following the ouster of Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina last August.

Exchanges of officials are increasing and the Pakistani government and business groups hope to raise annual trade with Bangladesh to $3 billion, more than four times the current level, within a year.

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