India, Jan. 12 -- Pakistan's Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq will not attend the 28th Conference of Speakers and Presiding Officers of the Commonwealth (CSPOC), to be held in New Delhi this week, two senior officials told HT. It has also been decided that Pakistan's flag would not be displayed anywhere during the three-day conference, they added, asking not to be named.

Bangladesh too, will not be represented in the conference as there is no Speaker of Jatiya Sangsad, the national parliament which was dissolved on August 6 2024 after the Sheikh Hasina government collapsed.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the Conference on 15 January 2026 in the historic Central Hall of Samvidhan Sadan, Parliament House Complex.

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