Staff Reporter
Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan Sardar Ayaz Sadiq yesterday exchanged greetings with Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar in Dhaka ahead of the funeral program of former Bangla-desh Prime Minister Khaleda Zia.
The two leaders of the neighboring countries arrived here this morning to attend the state funeral of three-time former Prime Minister and BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia on behalf of their govern-ments.
Prior to the namaj-e-janaza, Sadiq and Jaishankar conveyed condolence messages to BNP Acting Chair-person Tarique Rahman at the death of Begum Khaleda Zia, reflecting their respective countries’ respect for the veteran Bangladeshi leader.
