Piecing Together Events In B’desh

Bangladesh’s new head of government, Muhammed Yunus, and his Pakistani counterpart Muhammed Shehbaz Sharif had a phone conversation last week, which was highlighted by the media in both the countries. The exchange came three days after Syed Ahmed Maroof, Pakistani High Commissioner in Dhaka, called on the Chief Adviser of Bangladesh Interim Government, appointed on August 8 to “uphold, support and protect the constitution”. Apparently, the Bangladeshi diplomat was laying the ground work for the phone call Sharif was to make, indicating the planning that had gone into the eventual exercise at the executive level.