Overview
- A photo of External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar exchanging greetings with Pakistan’s National Assembly Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq in Dhaka was posted by Bangladesh interim chief Muhammad Yunus’s office.
- A Pakistan National Assembly Secretariat statement called it the first India‑initiated high‑level contact since May 2025 and used the moment to push proposals for dialogue and joint investigations related to the Pahalgam attack.
- Indian government sources described the interaction as routine protocol with no diplomatic content and said it should not be misread as engagement or a policy shift.
- Sadiq told Geo News that Jaishankar approached him deliberately and knew the exchange would be recorded, underscoring the optics of the moment.
- The encounter comes after the Pahalgam terror attack and India’s Operation Sindoor, followed by reduced bilateral engagement including suspended participation in the Indus Waters Treaty and limits on cross‑border transit.