Sheikh Hasina resigned from the post of Prime Minister and fled to India amid mass protests by students. Awami government fell through his resignation. Pakistan commented that this marked the end of the ‘India-backed’ government.
PML-N leader and Defense Minister Khawaja Asif on Thursday (August 8) termed the recent political changes in Bangladesh as an opportunity to usher in a new era of development of relations between the two countries. News from Jio News.
Khawaja Asif said, “India’s influence in Bangladesh was significant during Sheikh Hasina’s 15-year tenure.” His ouster marked the end of an Indian-backed government in Bangladesh’.
Bangladesh has seen more than three hundred deaths in the worst violence since independence surrounding the recent quota reform movement.
In a televised address to the nation, Chief of Army Staff General Waqar-uz-Zaman announced Hasina’s resignation on Monday.
Nobel laureate economist Dr. The interim government headed by Muhammad Yunus was sworn in on Thursday.Khawaja Asif stressed on starting the work of building positive relations with Bangladesh by settling the past tensions.
