By Admin 
Amidst the long standing tension between India and Pakistan, the rhetoric in Pakistan has intensified regarding a picture from Dhaka. India’s Foreign Minister S. After shaking hands with Jaishankar, Pakistan National Assembly Speaker Ayaz Sadiq has publicly bragged about it. Sadiq has claimed that during this meeting in Dhaka, Jaishankar himself came to him.
Meeting during Khaleda Zia’s funeral
Both S Jaishankar and Ayaz Sadiq had reached Dhaka to attend the funeral of former Bangladesh Prime Minister Khaleda Zia. Meanwhile, on Wednesday both the leaders shook hands with each other. This is considered to be the first public meeting of senior leaders of India and Pakistan after the military confrontation in May.
Pak media made big claim
While talking to Pakistan’s Geo TV, Ayaz Sadiq said that the Indian delegation had reached the waiting room of the Parliament under the leadership of Jaishankar and Jaishankar himself came and met them. According to Sadiq, apart from Pakistan, officials from Maldives, Nepal, Bhutan and Bangladesh were already present in the waiting room at that time. Jaishankar greeted all the representatives as soon as he came inside.
What did Sadiq say?
Ayaz Sadiq told that after meeting everyone, Jaishankar came to him and shook hands. At that time he was talking to the High Commissioner of Pakistan. According to Sadiq, when he started introducing himself, Jaishankar said, ‘I recognize you, no introduction is needed.’
The meeting took place in front of the cameras, not secretly.
The Pak speaker also said that Jaishankar had not come to meet him secretly. There were cameras with him and he was well aware that this conversation would be recorded and shown in the media. Sadiq claimed that Jaishankar understood very well the importance of this moment and its political impact.