Pak HC official withdrawn from Bangladesh

Pakistan has withdrawn an official from its High Commission (HC) in Bangladesh after Bangladesh intelligence found his involvement in criminal activities, including terror financing, reports bdnews24.com.

The HC has notified the foreign ministry that one of its attaché Muhammad Mazhar Khan left Dhaka with his family on January 31.

Mazhar was also an agent of Pakistan's secret service ISI and was engaged with large scale forgery of Indian currency, recent media reports suggested.

He was removed after Dhaka asked the Islamabad to do so, a foreign ministry spokesperson told the news agency.

"The Pakistan government has withdrawn him following our report that he is engaged in criminal activities. He was also arrested by our agencies," the spokesperson said.

"They (High Commission) notified us that he left on January 31," the spokesperson said.

He clarified that "Mazhar was not a diplomat but an official in the HC".

Pakistan HC could not be reached immediately for comments.

According to Bangladesh media reports, Khan with some of his colleagues at the high commission used to route funds to Hizb ut-Tahrir, Ansarullah Bangla Team and the Jamaat-e-Islami.