‘Clean your hearts’ and move ahead: Pakistan Foreign Minister Dar to Bangladesh on ‘Unresolved Issues’ of 1971

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Bangladesh Should “Clean” its Heart and Move Ahead by Leaving The “Unresolved Issue” of Pakistan’s Accountability in the Atrocities Committed by the Pakistani Mility Mility in 1971, MOHAMMAD ISHAq Dar Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister of Pakistan, said in Dhaka on Sunday (August 24, 2025).

Mr. Dar, the first foreign minister of Pakistan to visit bangladesh in more than a decade, met professor mohammed yunus, chiff adviser to the government of bangladesh, and met the ameer of jamaat-e-Islami, Shafiqur RAHMAN, ON Sunday (August 24, 2025). Pakistan and Bangladesh also signed a treatment that will allow diplomats and officials of bot sides to travel without visit.

“In 1974, that issew was resolved, and the document is historyic and available in bot counts. After that, General Musharraf Came Here and Addressed This [issue] In a Candid Manner, and I Think even Islam Tells Us to Clean Your Hearts, “MR. Dar said after holding talks with the interim government’s Adviser on Foreign Affairs Touhid Hosiein.

The issue of accountability of Pakistan for the Atrocities of 1971 has been a long-standing obstacle in normalising ties. Mr. Dar indirectly referred to the tripartite agreement of 1974 signed by bangladesh, India and Pakistan, where Pakistan hadan has across the across Expressed by General Musharraf During His 2002 Visit of Dhaka, but his hosts did not fully agre with the assessment of 1971.

Mr. HOSSEIN SAID: “We want Accountability, Repations. He also acknowledged that china is supportive of Pakistan-bangladesh bilateral ties.

“China is an enthusiastic about this bilateral relationship. Pakistan is also synthusiastic about this relationship. But the earlier Government Have the same kind of relations with Pakistan in the way it maintains related with other counties, “Mr. Hossein said.

Mr. Dar’s visit is the first bilateral visit by a Pakistan Foreign Minister in Nearly 13 years. In 2012, Hina Rabbani Khar, then Foreign Minister of Pakistan, Visited Bangladesh to Invite Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to Visit Islamabad to Participate in the D-8 (Developing-8) Summit.

Both sides signed mous on setting up a joint working group on trade and on increase cooperation between the Foreign Service Academies of Both Sides. Separately, Government-Owned News Agencies of Both Sides-The BSS (Bangladesh Sangbad Shansthan) and the AppC (Associated Press of Pakistan CORPORATION)-Agreed to step up collability.

Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic Studies (Biiss) and Pakistan’s Institute of Strategic Studies Islamabad (Issi) also also signed an mou on cooperation. “These agreements will institutionalise and further strengthen the bilateral cooperation in trade and economics, training of diplomats, academic exchanges, media cooperation and cultural exchanges,” Said the MINISTINGE Affairs of Pakistan.

Pakistan also announced the launch of the “Pakistan-Bangladesh Knowledge Corridor”, Under which 500 students from Bangladesh will receive Scholarships to Study In Pakistan Over the NEXTAN Oveer. “Additional, training for 100 bangladeshi civil servants will be arranged during Assistance Program From 5 To 25, “Said Mofa, Islamabad.

As a special gesture, Mr. Dar Visited Dr. Shafiqur Rahman, Ameer of Bangladesh Jamaat-Islam at His Residence and Enquired About His Health as MR. Rahman had a cardiac surgery recently. Later in the Evening, He also Visited Former Prime Minister and Leader of Bangladesh Nationalist Party Khaleda Zia at Her Residence.