History bears out that the course of diplomacy is too strange to visualise. Relations between no two states have ever been permanent; friends today can be foes tomorrow, and vice versa. This historical truism finds yet another manifestation in the newly emerging relationship between Bangladesh and Pakistan.

Observers say that since the overthrow of the democratically elected Sheikh Hasina government in Bangladesh last year, the interim regime led by Muhammad Yunus in Bangladesh has been moving rapidly to improve the country’s ties with Pakistan, for long its sworn enemy.

During the meeting between Yunus and Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif at the D-8 Summit in Cairo in December 2024, Yunus called for a resolution of the contentious issues between them. On his part, Sharif called for more strategic relations between the two “brotherly nations".

In January this year, a delegation of senior Bangladeshi military officers visited Pakistan. The Bangladeshi navy participated in Pakistan’s........

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