Pakistan amplifies Jaishankar’s Dhaka handshake with Speaker Sadiq, pitches for talks to prevent any ‘escalation’
Pakistan has attempted to amplify what was a courtesy handshake between External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and the Speaker of Pakistan’s National Assembly Ayaz Sadiq in Dhaka. The exchange took place on the sidelines of the funeral of former Bangladesh prime minister Khaleda Zia, which Sadiq and Jaishankar attended. It was among the few visible…

