Dhaka, April 18 -- Recognising connectivity as a priority, Bangladesh and Pakistan have welcomed the launch of direct shipping between Karachi and Chittagong and emphasised the importance of resuming direct air links. They also expressed satisfaction over the progress made in easing travel and visa facilitation. A shared commitment to a "forward-looking partnership" emerged, said the Pakistan Ministry of Foreign Affairs in a press release after the foreign secretary-level talks but it did not contain Bangladesh's core demands flagged during the Foreign Office Consultations (FOC) held in Dhaka on Thursday. Bangladesh on Thursday sought a formal apology from Pakistan for the genocide committed by the then Pakistani armed forces in 1971, str...