ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Bangladesh relations have taken tense turn as the Bangladesh government has declared a Pakistani diplomat in Dhaka persona non grata and ordered him to leave the country, the daily Dawn reported.
The Pakistani diplomat Mazhar Khan of High Commission in Dhaka has been charged with running illegal Indian currency business and alleged him relations with ‘militants ‘.
Foreign Office Spokesperson Tasneem Aslam also confirmed the incident and said the official has reached Islamabad.
The Pakistan foreign office has rejected allegations on the diplomat and declared the incident as unfortunate.
Tensions have also risen between the two countries over executions carried out by the government of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina against alleged war criminals from the 1971 war, when the former East Pakistan became Bangladesh.
In December 2013, Pakistan’s envoy in Dhaka had been summoned by the govt regarding a resolution adopted by the Pakistani parliament condemning the execution of Jamaat leader Abdul Quader Molla for his involvement in alleged war crimes of 1971.
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