BD High Commissioner to Pakistan asked to return home

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has withdrawn Md Ruhul Alam Siddique, currently serving as the high commissioner of Bangladesh to Pakistan from his post and asked him to return home.

"A decision has been taken to transfer you to the headquarters," the ministry said in its administrative order issued on Sunday.

Ruhul served as the ambassador of Bangladesh to Portugal before he was appointed the high commissioner to Pakistan.

He is a career diplomat from the 11th batch of the Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS).

In February, transfer orders were issued for Bangladesh High Commissioner to Canada Khalilur Rahman, Ambassador to Germany Md Mosharraf Hossain Bhuiyan, Ambassador to Italy Md Monirul Islam, Ambassador to Poland Sultana Laila Hossain, Ambassador to Kuwait Major General Md Ashikuzzaman, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the UN Offices and other International Organizations in Geneva Mohammad Sufiur Rahman, Ambassador to Japan Shahabuddin Ahmed, Ambassador to Thailand Mohammed Abdul Hye, and Ambassador to Greece Ashud Ahmed, according to a release.