Today's Witness Thursday, 08 January 2026, 03:12 AM, ( Updated at 11:30 AM Daily)
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Written By: WITC Desk New Delhi Monday, 05 January, 2026 10:30:PM
Recently in Dhaka S. Jaishankar, Minister of External Affairs of India and the Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan, Sardar Ayaz Sadiq, were seen shaking hands and having a brief exchange of words. Both were there to attend the last ritual of ex-PM Khalid Zia of Bangladesh. The corridors of gossip are full of theories about politics, cricket, and diplomatic relations, a source says. This has become important after the Indian team refused to shake hands with Pakistani cricketers during the Asian Trophy. The Pakistan Cricket Board also complained about this, claiming that the attitude ran counter to cricket's philosophy, according to the source. No one would know what transpired between the two except some very senior functionaries of both countries. Will the ice on relations between the two melt? Cricket play will go as in the past, or something more important will be known on the ground after some time, only the source says.