Dhaka, Aug. 24 -- Pakistan's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar, now visiting Bangladesh, paid a courtesy call on BNP Chairperson and former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia on Sunday.

He came to the BNP Chairperson's Gulshan residence around 7pm, said BNP media cell member Sayrul Kabir Khan.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and BNP Standing Committee Member Prof Dr AZM Zahid Hossain were present during the 45-minute meeting.

Pakistan's High Commissioner to Bangladesh Imran Haider accompanied the Deputy Prime Minister during the visit.

Khaleda Zia has long been undergoing treatment for various health complications at her residence.

Talking to reporters after the meeting, Professor AZM Zahid Hossain said, ...