<h1>Pakistan and Bangladesh move to restore ties with ministerial visit after 13 years, aiming for trade and cultural pacts</h1> Pakistan's foreign minister made a rare two-day visit to Bangladesh-the first ministerial visit in 13 years-aimed at rebuilding bilateral ties after the ouster of the longtime prime minister. Meetings with Bangladesh's interim foreign affairs adviser and other senior officials could yield several agreements and MoUs, including diplomatic visa exemptions, cultural exchanges, cooperation between foreign service academies, a joint trade and investment group, and cooperation on standards, halal certification and agricultural research. The visit follows recent commerce-level engagements to revive a joint economic commission and occurs against a backdrop of previously strained relations tied to historical trials and shifting regional alignments.