The Hollow Diplomacy of Failed Promises

In what can only be described as a diplomatic farce, Bangladesh’s interim Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus has made an astonishingly tepid request to Pakistan to “settle the issues of 1971” – a remarkably weak way to address one of history’s most brutal genocides.[1] This latest exchange, occurring on the sidelines of the D-8 summit in Cairo, perfectly encapsulates the deep-rooted fragility and incompetence plaguing both nations. The meeting between Yunus and Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif...