As I stated in my earlier post, the main geopolitical player here is China.
Agree in general, but there is no specific effort by China to bring Pakistan and China together. There are no plans for a joint SCO summit and Bangladesh is not even in the SCO. We don't see how China benefits from better Pakistan Bangladesh relations. Bangladesh is not a member of the SCO has not even an observer status. Last check Bangladesh is not even officially in the dialogue process though it may have initiated early talks .So we don't know what is China's game. Chinese investment in Bangladesh and products manufactured may ( long shot) be routed through Pakistan but highly unlikely.
As Biden prepares to assume office, US is expected to be more serious to push Bangladesh on human rights and democracy issues which would threaten Hasina's rule. As a counter, Hasina is trying to get closer to China by responding to Chinese suggestion to reconcile with Pakistan.
LOL
Why closer to China? Why not even more closer to her guru Shri Narendra Modi who made a speech ( un-interpreted and in Hindi) in your
Jatiyo Sansad when Sheikh Hasina is ignorant of the language and she along with 90% of the
Jatiyo Sansad are fairly familiar with English.
For a country born out of pride in its linguistic identity the submission to linguistic arrogance from the big brother next door is surprising.
On the other hand Mamta Bannerjee her counterpart in power next door who ( my opinion only) speaks better
shudh Bengali than her is not even honored with a return visit because she is the political opponent of
Boro Bhai Modi
Lol where did you get these from? Looks like one of those funny "I'm-the-center-of-the-universe" crap.
From the title of this thread. Also from the news reports in your own bangla media which I try to follow.
So if the Muktijoddha song was :
Pak poshuder martey hobe
then why do you even talk or have an embassy at all. Kick the Pakistani ambassador out and close up the Pakistani embassy. You nearly did once. I assure you Pakistan will not protest and will quietly leave.
After all you are the only Bengalis in the world and center of the Bengali world, which is acceptable
All others don't count no matter what this song says:
Pakistan's airspace is crucial for Indian planes traveling between India and the Middle-east/West but hardly matters for Bangladeshi planes.
Kashmir crisis: Bangladeshi carriers little affected by Pakistani airspace closure
In case you noticed I already said this was a long shot interest and minor one.
So the London flights were affected and BD flights elsewhere were denied alternative flight paths.
That is good to know. The less interest Bangladesh has in Pakistani airspace the better. Pakistan has zero interest and its flights to Bangkok can find alternative routes over China and Myanmar. Pakistan doesn't even maintain a PIA main office in Dhaka and uses a third party GSA instead. It wouldn't matter the least bit to Pakistan if Bangladesh closed its airspace to Pakistani planes
On connectivity, Bangladesh doesn't have any significant trade with western China or Central Asia, so I doubt if Gwadar/Karachi would serve any benefits. It's rather far more cost-effective to transport goods to China through the sea.
I already said its a possible long shot interest. You confirm there is no interest so much the better. We get a lot of fish from Gwadar and we would like to keep our cuisine less spicy. Jholer Macher will not be on our menu in restaurants there.
I don't remember any instance where Bangladesh expressed an interest in JF-17 as all the official tenders/reports suggest BAF is interested in twin-engine fighters. For single-engine, China has already offered J-10 to BAF on a silver plate which is much superior to the thunders.
I already said it was a long shot based on rumors. See the. video below. You think its a piece of junk like your boro bhai thinks so it is fine
Pakistan was never selling and you were never buying. Curious why this interest in what Myanmar gets based on this video:
Buy the J-10s. Your allies next
door will be coming over with a screwdriver and magnifying glass to examine the planes.
May I ask whom you are going to fight with the J-10s ?
The Bengalis living in Pakistan are not Bangladeshi citizens so there is hardly any concern from Bangladeshi side.
Good to hear. So for these Bengali speaking Pakistanis, Bangladesh is closed to travel so no visas are needed and you can downsize your visa section in Karachi.
The only issue Bangladesh had was the repatriation of the stranded Pakistanis living in Bangladesh, but even that has been resolved as they have been granted Bangladeshi citizenship.
India had given them the right of return because they were of Indian origin. They had fled your ally India from the states of Bihar and UP. They were not from Punjab, Baluchistan, Sindh or KPK.
Why didn't Bangladesh send them back to the India ? They were only 500,000
After all India is asking Bangladesh to take back 4 million illegal Bangladeshi immigrants ( initially).
If Bangladesh has made illegal "Biharis" their citizens then they should ask Shri Nitish Kumar the Bihar Chief Minister for funds to rehabilitate them instead of keeping them in squalor as
otkaphoras. Ask Nitish Kumar for the money not Pakistan, because we can likewise ask money for absorbing your Bengali speaking citizens.
Easing the consular services would rather benefit the Pakistani businesses and students more than the Bangladeshis as Bangladesh is one of the largest export destinations for Pakistan and one of the major host countries for Pakistani students abroad.
Really? Where did you get that data from? What exactly do Pakistan and Bangladesh import and export from each other that they can't do without or can't get from elsewhere? Paan and betel nuts perhaps but Pakistanis can give up this disgusting habit and go less to their dentists.
Major host for Pakistani students?
Where one unfortunate who was stupid enough to study there was forced to shout Joy Bangla and was lynched none the less.
The good part is he was not asked to shout "Jai Shreeram "
In any case, fixing up the diplomatic ties is a good move by both the countries.
Agree. Normal diplomatic ties like we have with Nepal who doesn't curse us unlike their Hindu brethren next door and their Muslim neighbor close by.
Thanks for an interesting viewpoint.
I was going to say
Khuda Hafiz ( which is Good bye in Urdu) but will respect your country and end with :
Joy Bangla !