ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Religious Affairs Minister Sardar Muhammad Yousaf has proposed a program to exchange with Bangladesh scholars and students of religious seminaries, the Pakistani religious affairs ministry said on Friday.
The statement came after a Bangladeshi delegation, led by Khalid Hussain, adviser to Bangladesh president on religious affairs, called on Yousaf to offer condolences over the loss of at least 46 lives in recent floods in Pakistan’s most populous Punjab province.
The meeting follows steps taken by both countries to rebuild ties in recent months, with Pakistan’s Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar undertaking a landmark visit to Dhaka in August to reset regional relations amid shifting geopolitical alignments.
Yousaf told the Bangladeshi delegates the relations between the two countries are based on centuries-old, shared traditions, Islamic heritage, social values and literary expression, according to the religious affairs ministry.
“Federal Minister Sardar Muhammad Yousaf proposed exchanges of scholars and students of madrassas of both countries,” the ministry said, adding that Hussain agreed to take steps to promote cooperation between the two religious affairs ministries.
