The High Commissioner of Bangladesh to Pakistan is the top diplomatic representative of

Bangladesh Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million people in an area of . Bangladesh is among the mos ...

Pakistan Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 24 ...

. The High Commissioner heads the Bangladeshi High Commission in Islamabad. The post was created on 3 January 1976, shortly after Pakistan and Bangladesh established diplomatic relations. Initially from 1976 to 1989, the Bangladeshi envoy held the rank of ambassador. After Pakistan rejoined the

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in 1989, of which Bangladesh was also a member, the post was changed by default to that of the High Commissioner. The 14th and present High Commissioner is Md. Ruhul Alam Siddique, who assumed responsibilities on 12 October 2020. There is also a Deputy High Commissioner of Bangladesh to Pakistan, who serves as the head of Bangladesh's deputy mission in

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List of High Commissioners

The following is a list of Bangladeshi envoys to Pakistan along with their tenures: # Zahiruddin (3 January 1976 – 19 May 1978) # A.K.M. Nazrul Islam (27 May 1978 – 9 June 1982) #

Quazi Golam Dastgir Quazi Golam Dastgir (23 September 1932 – 17 October 2008) was a Bangladesh army general and diplomat. From 1975 to 1977, he served as the "Zonal Martial Law Administrator" (the equivalent of a State Governor in the military-backed government ...

(19 June 1982 – 1 January 1984) #

Abul Ahsan Abul Ahsan ( bn, আবুল আহসান) (28 December 1936 – 7 December 2008) was a Bangladeshi diplomat. Education Ahsan secured first class in M.A in economics from the Dhaka University (1959) and M.A in international relations from ...

(16 April 1984 – 22 January 1987) #

C. M. Shafi Sami CM Shafi Sami a Bangladeshi diplomat. He was selected as an adviser of the caretaker government of Bangladesh under President Iajuddin Ahmed and resigned after about a month with three other advisers Hasan Mashhud Chowdhury, Akbar Ali Khan and ...

(28 February 1987 – 5 October 1991) # M. Anwar Hashim (22 October 1991 – 31 October 1993) # Q. A. M. A. Rahim (3 November 1993 – 9 August 1998) # Masum A. Chowdhury (19 August 1998 – 19 September 1999) # Alimul Haque (4 March 2000 – 2 May 2003) # F. A. Shamim Ahmed (30 May 2003 – 4 May 2007) #

Yasmeen Murshed Yasmeen Murshed is a Bangladeshi businesswoman and a former advisor of the caretaker government led by President Iajuddin Ahmed. Biography Murshed did her master's degree in economics in 1969 at Punjab University. She founded Scholastica Scho ...

(27 December 2007 – 23 November 2009) # Suhrab Hossain (29 July 2010 – 3 April 2016) #

Tarik Ahsan Tarik Ahsan is a Bangladeshi diplomat. He has been the Ambassador of Bangladesh to Portugal since early October 2020. Before this assignment, he was the High Commissioner (Ambassador) of Bangladesh to Pakistan since July 2016. Prior to that, Tari ...

(8 July 2016 – 26 September 2020) # Md. Ruhul Alam Siddique (12 October 2020 – present)

References

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List of High Commissioners

See also

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