Key points
- Meeting expected to strengthen ties in the sporting industry
- Both sides explore potential business collaborations
- Pakistan-Bangladesh ties have improved since Hasina’s ouster
ISLAMABAD: In a move to strengthen ties between Bangladesh and Pakistan in the sporting industry, a delegation of Pakistani sports goods manufacturers and exporters met the President of the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) Faruque Ahmed on Tuesday.
The meeting centred around exploring potential business collaborations and partnerships between the two countries.
In a post on X, Pakistan’s High Commissioner to Bangladesh Syed Maroof said they “talked business” during their meeting.
“We talked business”
“Met with President Bangladesh Cricket Board, Mr. Faruque Ahmed along with Pakistani sports goods manufacturers and exporters today. We talked business.”
Met with President Bangladesh Cricket Board, Mr. Faruque Ahmed along with Pakistani sports goods manufacturers and exporters today. We talked business. pic.twitter.com/vsjpbZb5VA
— Syed Maroof, High Commissioner for 🇵🇰 in 🇧🇩 (@SyedMaroofHC) April 29, 2025
Pakistan boasts a rich cricketing history and produces world-class sports goods that find markets in Europe and the United States.
Since the popular uprising that led to the ouster of Hasina Wajid’s government in August last year — with the former premier fleeing to her longtime ally India — relations between Islamabad and Dhaka have begun to thaw, with noticeable improvements in trade and overall bilateral engagement.
