<h1>Pakistan top military chief meets Bangladesh interim leader to boost trade, defence, shipping, air link, combat misinformation</h1> Pakistan's top military official met Bangladesh's interim government chief to discuss deepening bilateral ties, including trade, investment and defence cooperation, countering misinformation and misuse of social media by non-state actors, and the need to de-escalate tensions in West Asia and Europe. They highlighted operationalisation of a Karachi-Chittagong shipping route and a planned Dhaka-Karachi air link, and stressed shared historical and people-to-people links as a basis for closer cooperation. Senior advisers and the Pakistani high commissioner attended the meeting.