5:06 AM
The Senior Bangladeshi diplomat Moushumi Rahman who was posted at the Bangladesh High Commission in Islamabad left the country on Thursday morning (today) after being declared persona non grata by the Pakistani government.
The Dawn.com online has reported on the day.
Moushumi Rahman, who was a political counsellor and head of chancery in Islamabad left for Dhaka on Turkish Airlines flight TG711 via Istanbul, airport sources confirmed.
The report has said, the Bangladesh foreign secretary did not offer any reason for Pakistan's decision to expel Moushumi Rahman.
Diplomatic sources in Islamabad told media that Rahman indulged in 'anti-state activities in Pakistan' and that concerned security agencies continued to monitor her.
In Dhaka, Foreign Ministry official Shahriar Alam said Rahman was expected to join the Bangladeshi embassy in Lisbon, Portugal.
Alam said Pakistan's "request" to withdraw Bangladesh's diplomat without providing a reason was not "supportive" for relations between the two countries.
"There's been no explanation. They couldn't give us any valid reason. Such acts never help the relationship," he said.
"We knew that something was being cooked up," he said. "We were prepared and that helped us take a quick decision giving (Rahman) a fresh diplomatic assignment to another country upholding the country's image."
The report also said, this is the first time that Pakistan has expelled a Bangladeshi diplomat.
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