Pakistan's high commissioner flees Bangladesh, did he do this because of scandals, immoral relationships?

Syed Ahmed Maroof, Pakistan's High Commissioner in Bangladesh (file picture)

Syed Ahmed Marof's sudden vacation and disappearance from the country has set rumors of rumors on social media, but also in political and diplomatic circles from Dhaka to Islamabad. Referring to sources in the Foreign Ministry in Bangladesh, the local media reported that Maroof has achieved an indefinite vacation since May 11 and is currently outside the country. It was found that Maroof did not receive a protocol or formalities when he carefully left Dhaka on May 11th to Pakistan via Dubai on an Emirates flight.

The deputy high commissioner in Dhaka, Muhammad Asif, serves as an incumbent high commissioner in the absence of Syed Ahmed Maruf. Usually the deputy high commissioner takes over in such a position in the absence of an officer. Several social media contributions stated that Maroof, who began his diplomatic tasks in the country in December 2023, was recalled due to his participation in a scandal in which a woman was involved in a hotel in Cox 'Bazar.

“Ahmed Maroof was with a Hafiza Haque Shah, a high -ranking civil servant who worked with a Bangladesh bank. Officials from the Pakistani embassy also knew that she visited him regularly. While Maroof's recent visit to Cox 'Bazar' Bazar ', the question was again repeatedly. Condition of anonymity.

On social media it is about Marof's scandalous activities with Shah. Inputs confirmed that Pakistan, who was confronted with a potential diplomatic embarrassment, had no choice but to withdraw one of his most important employees from Bangladeschem soil. After the available details, Maroof Dhaka left Cox's Bazar on May 8 and was to return on May 10th. This was his second visit to Cox 'Bazar in three months.

Maroof had previously visited Cox 'Bazar for a vacation with his wife on February 6th to 7th. During this time he also held a long meeting with a team of Rohingyas-Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (Arsa) and Jamaat-E-Islami (JEI) in the presence of Jamaat Amir Shafiqur Rahman. These two groups examine their connections to extremism.

On February 8, for the first time in 16 years, a party worker conference took place in Cox 'Bazar in the presence of Jamaat Ameer. The conference was organized by the Bazar district branch of the Cox by Bangladesh Jamaat-E-Islami. Sources also found that Maroof had permeated the nation in the past nine months, called the meetings, deal with marginal groups in the volatile political environment of Muhammad Yunus' Bangladesh and designed a network in order to realize the Pakistani influence through soft strength and ideological infiltration.

Interestingly, this would be the third recall Pakistani diplomat from Bangladesh. It can be mentioned that in January 2015 Mazhar Khan, a Pakistani official who worked on the Dhaka mission, was excluded after the Bangladesh secret service had accused him of financing Islamist radicals and fake currencies.

In December 2015, Pakistan Farina Arshad, one of his junior diplomats from Dhaka, called back after allegations of the financing of terrorist activities in Bangladesh. According to Bangladeschi media reports, the second secretary (political) Farina developed alleged connections to Jamaat-Ul Mujaheddin Bangladesh (JMB) Operative Idris Sheikh.
The Pakistani High Commission in Dhaka is known for dodgy businesses, financed Islamist radicals and falsifying currency.

(With the exception of the heading, this story was not processed by DNA employees and is published by Ians.)