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| Khawaja Asif hails change in |
| 2024-08-09 |
| [GEO.TV] Defense Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif on Thursday described the recent political change in Bangladesh as a welcome development after Nobel peace prize winning economist Muhammad Yunus was sworn in as the head of the country's caretaker government earlier today. Former Bangladeshi PM ...Bangla dynastic politician and now exiled former Prime Minister of Bangladesh. She was President of the Bangla Awami League since the Lower Paleolithic. She is the eldest of five children of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the founding father of Bangla. Her party defeated the BNP-led Four-Party Alliance in the 2008 parliamentary elections. She once before held the office, from 1996 to 2001, when she was defeated in a landslide. She and the head of the BNP, Khaleda Zia showed such blind animosity toward each other that they are known as the Battling Begums. That is probably because Khaleda's late husband was the Pak tool who had Mujib assassinated... resigned on August 5 and fled the country, following a month of protests that saw over 300 deaths in the worst violence since the birth of the South Asian nation more than five decades ago. Army chief General Waker-Uz-Zaman announced Hasina's resignation in a televised address to the nation. The defence minister termed the change in Bangladesh an opportunity to start a new era of goodwill between the two nations. He also underscored the importance of working towards mending past tensions and fostering a positive relationship with Bangladesh. Speaking to a private news channel today, the PML-N leader noted that India’s influence was significant in Bangladesh during the 15-year tenure of Sheikh Hasina, stating that her ouster marked the end of an "Indian-backed government" in Bangladesh. Answering a question regarding the current crisis in Pakistain, the minister affirmed that there is complete harmony between state institutions in addressing the challenges facing the country. He stressed that economic difficulties would be overcome soon, with the nation progressing in an upward direction. Then his lips fell off Asif also spoke on the May 9 events and described them as a "deliberate coup" attempt against Pakistain. He said that national assets were destroyed and the deaders' monuments were dishonoured on this dark day. |
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