India, May 10 -- Pakistan and Bangladesh on Friday, 8 May, signed what is effectively the first publicly acknowledged bilateral security cooperation framework between the two countries since the fall of Sheikh Hasina in 2024.
The agreement formalises intelligence-sharing and operational coordination mechanisms that analysts say could alter regional security dynamics in South Asia.
The agreement was signed in Dhaka between Bangladesh Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed and Pakistan Interior Minister Syed Mohsin Raza Naqvi.
Officially described as an anti-narcotics and anti-trafficking pact, the MoU goes significantly beyond routine law-enforcement cooperation and includes intelligence-sharing, confidential information exchange, operational coo...