In a rare visit, Pakistan Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar lands in Bangladesh on a two-day visit

Pakistan Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar has landed in Bangladesh on Saturday (August 23, 2025), in a first visit by a Pakistani Foreign Minister to Dhaka in over a decade.

“He was received at the airport by Ambassador Asad Alam Siam, Foreign Secretary of Bangladesh, along side Pakistan’s High Commissioner to Bangladesh, Mr. Imran Haider, and other senior Bangladeshi officials,” Pakistan’s Foreign Affairs Ministry said in a post on X.

During the visit, Mr. Dar will meet the Bangladeshi leadership, including the Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus, Adviser for Foreign Affairs Md. Touhid Hossain and Adviser for Commerce S.K. Bashir Uddin, the Ministry said.

“Discussions will encompass the entire spectrum of bilateral cooperation including regional and international issues of mutual interest,” the Ministry said in a statement.

The last time a Pakistan Foreign Minister visited Bangladesh was in November 2012 when Hina Rabbani Kar was there to invite Bangladesh’s then-Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to a summit in Islamabad, Pakistani news portal Dawn reported.