{"id":19358,"date":"2026-06-06T09:25:18","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T09:25:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/2026\/06\/06\/pakistan-backed-win-bangladesh-unga\/"},"modified":"2026-06-06T09:25:18","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T09:25:18","slug":"pakistan-backed-win-bangladesh-unga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/2026\/06\/06\/pakistan-backed-win-bangladesh-unga\/","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan-backed Win Elevates Bangladesh at UNGA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The election of Bangladesh&#8217;s foreign minister <strong>Dr Khalilur Rahman<\/strong> as President of the United Nations General Assembly marks a notable diplomatic achievement for Dhaka and a boost to Bangladesh&#8217;s international standing. The Bangladesh UNGA victory is being read both as a personal success for Dr Khalilur Rahman and as a broader sign of Dhaka&#8217;s growing voice in multilateral forums.<\/p>\n<p>Members of the Bangladeshi community in Pakistan reacted with strong sentiment. The Bangladeshi Students&#8217; Association in Pakistan <strong>(BASAP)<\/strong> issued a statement congratulating Dr Khalilur Rahman, with BASAP President <strong>Gouhor Muhammad Jawad<\/strong> praising his representation of Bangladesh with dignity and distinction and noting the global recognition his leadership has attracted.<\/p>\n<p>BASAP&#8217;s statement went beyond congratulations to underscore voting patterns at the General Assembly, openly thanking Pakistan and other supportive states for backing Bangladesh&#8217;s bid while criticising India for opposing the candidature. The association framed Pakistan&#8217;s vote as an act of goodwill and reaffirmed the importance of friendly diplomatic ties.<\/p>\n<p>The statement also conveyed a message of solidarity, declaring <em>one nation two countries<\/em> to emphasise historical and people-to-people connections between Bangladesh and Pakistan. Such public comments from student groups in Pakistan point to evolving grassroots goodwill even as regional diplomacy continues to shift.<\/p>\n<p>Observers say the Bangladesh UNGA presidency will strengthen Dhaka&#8217;s profile on the world stage and could influence regional conversations in the months ahead. For Bangladeshis in Pakistan the outcome is both a source of national pride and a reminder of how multilateral support shapes diplomatic outcomes across South Asia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>See how Bangladesh UNGA victory backed by Pakistan revealed regional divides and drew student praise while criticising India&#8217;s vote.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":19357,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[94],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19358","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19358","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19358"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19358\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19357"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19358"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19358"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peakpoint.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19358"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}