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On the heels of rising tension between Delhi and Islamabad, Pakistan's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar has deferred his Bangladesh visit, scheduled to take place on April 26-28.
“We have requested the deferment, and a new date is yet to be finalised,” a spokesperson of the Pakistan High Commission told the FE on Thursday evening.
Mr Dar was scheduled to meet Bangladesh's Foreign Adviser Md Touhid Hossain on Monday morning at the State Guest House Padma, and was scheduled to pay a courtesy call on the Chief Adviser Dr Muhammad Yunus in the afternoon notecards before his departure.
The groundwork for the visit was laid during the foreign secretary-level Foreign Office Consultation (FOC) held in Dhaka on April 17 last, the first such meeting in 15 years.
Tension between India and Pakistan shot up following the terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam, which resulted in the deaths of 26 people.
On Wednesday, India has taken strong diplomatic steps against Pakistan, suspecting a Pak link to the attack.
The interim government has taken the initiative to boost ties with Pakistan, which was largely ignored during the previous regime headed by former prime minister Sheikh Hasina.
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