US Edition'I will go': Bengalis in Pakistan hope for family reunions
After 14 years, resumed flights offer over a million Bengalis in Pakistan hope to reunite with family and address challenges of statelessness and economic hardship.
- Last month, direct flights between Pakistan and Bangladesh resumed after a 14-year pause, enabling Shah Alam, Bengali man stranded in Karachi, to plan his return to Bangladesh, AFP reported.
- Pakistan's Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar's visit to Dhaka helped reopen channels after a 2024 leadership change, which warmed ties and contributed to the resumption of flights.
- Over a million ethnic Bengalis in Pakistan live mostly in Karachi neighbourhoods including Machhar Colony, where many like Hussain Ahmed, 20, lack nationality or identity cards.
- Resumption of flights is expected to boost both countries' economies, and local leaders say the 'cordial relationship' has already eased conditions for Pakistani Bengalis planning travel after Eid al-Adha.
- Long-Term identity challenges remain despite resumed flights, as community activist and lawyer Hafiz Zainulabdin Shah said `But despite Pakistan-based Bengalis living`, highlighting ongoing non-recognition and access issues.
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Amid warming ties, Bengalis in Pakistan plan family reunions
KARACHI: Shah Alam travelled from his home in Bangladesh to Pakistan for a brief visit nearly three decades ago, but flaring hostility between the two countries and financial woes left him stranded in Karachi. Now the 60-year-old, who makes a modest living selling dried seafood, is determined to return to his birthplace, having already missed the deaths of his parents and first wife in Bangladesh. Direct flights between Pakistan and Bangladesh f…
'I will go': Bengalis in Pakistan hope for family reunions in Bangladesh after 14-year pause in relations
KARACHI: Shah Alam travelled from his home in Bangladesh to Pakistan for a brief visit nearly three decades ago, but flaring hostility between the two countries and financial woes left him stranded in the megacity of Karachi.
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'I will go': Bengalis in Pakistan hope for family reunions
Shah Alam travelled from his home in Bangladesh to Pakistan for a brief visit nearly three decades ago, but flaring hostility between the two countries and financial woes left him stranded in the megacity of Karachi.
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