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Foreign dignitaries, including top officials from India and Pakistan, paid their last respects to BNP chairperson and three-time prime minister Khaleda Zia at her funeral in Dhaka yesterday. Indian External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar, Pakistan’s National Assembly Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq, Nepal’s Foreign Minister Bala Nanda Sharma and Bhutan’s Minister for Foreign Affairs and External Trade Lyonpo DN Dhungyel met BNP acting chairperson Tarique Rahman and conveyed the deepest condolences on behalf of their governments. On the sidelines, Jaishankar and Sardar Ayaz Sadiq exchanged greetings.