The Foreign Ministry has instructed the Bangladesh High Commissioner to Pakistan, Suhrab Hosain, to report back to Dhaka as soon as possible.
“We sent him an official letter asking him to come back to Bangladesh as soon as possible,” a senior official of the ministry said yesterday seeking anonymity as he was not authorised to speak to media.
Suhrab, a freedom fighter, is under contractual appointment and his tenure expires in April. The official said Suhrab had telephoned the ministry asking if he could complete his tenure but his request was turned down.
Sources said the government was uncomfortable with his certain activities. Suhrab had come to Dhaka just after the execution of war criminals Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury and Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mujahid on November 20. After Islamabad issued a statement condemning the executions, Bangladesh summoned its high commissioner and handed over a protest letter. In retaliation, Pakistan summoned the Bangladesh acting high commissioner and protested the letter.
“In this whole crisis period, Suhrab was sitting in Dhaka while a junior diplomat, who served as the acting high commissioner, had to face all the difficulties,” the official said. Suhrab went back to Islamabad on December 9 when all the major difficulties were over.
Suhrab was appointed as the high commissioner for two years in 2010 and got extension twice for four years.
