In this image received on Oct. 26, 2025, Pakistan's Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (CJCSC) Chairman General Sahir Shamshad Mirza meets Chief Adviser of Bangladesh Muhammad Yunus, in Dhaka. Photo: PTI/Bangladesh Chief Adviser’s office Chief Adviser of the interim government of Bangladesh Prof. Mohammed Yunus met a high-level Pakistani military visitor during the weekend and gifted him a book that depicted parts of northeast India as part of Bangladesh. The map in question was printed on the cover of a book that was presented to Chairman of Pakistan’s Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (CJCSC) General Sahir Shamshad Mirza on Saturday (October 25) at the state guest house Jamuna in Dhaka. India has not made an official response on the map so far though the Ministry of External Affairs had lodged a strong protest last December when a similar map was used by a student adviser online. Following the meeting, Mr Yunus’s office announced that the two sides discussed “bilateral trade, investment, and defence cooperation.” The visit by General Mirza took place after the August 23-24 visit to Bangladesh by Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar who asked Bangladesh to “clean hearts” and move on from the painful memories of 1971 genocide by Pakistani military forces.
Published: October 27, 2025 6:03 pm
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