Pakistan’s National Assembly Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq and India’s External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar met in Dhaka on Wednesday at the residence of former Bangladeshi Prime Minister and BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia to pay their final respects. According to Geo News, this was the first such meeting between senior officials of the two countries since their conflict in May 2025. The meeting took place against the backdrop of recent hostilities between India and Pakistan. India had blamed Pakistan for a terrorist attack in Pahalgam, in Indian-administered Kashmir, an allegation Islamabad has consistently denied. Following the attack, India launched strikes inside Pakistan, prompting retaliatory action from Islamabad. The confrontation ended after a ceasefire brokered by the United States. The Dhaka meeting, marked by a cordial handshake between the two leaders, symbolized a rare moment of contact between the neighboring nations after months of tension.