Pakistan today protested reports in Bangladeshi media on alleged involvement of one of its diplomats in financing terrorism here. A media release was issued from the Pakistan High Commission in Dhaka termed the reports “utterly baseless” and “fabricated”. Diplomatic norms and courtesies were “thrown to the wind” by publishing such news, the release said. READ MORE: Pakistani diplomat ‘linked to terror financing’ in Bangladesh The news of a Pakistan diplomat’s link to financing terrorism was quizzed out from a militant of banned Islamist outfit Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh, according to detectives. The information came during a strain in diplomatic ties between the two countries over Pakistan’s denial about committing genocide in Bangladesh during the 1971 War of Independence. Majority quarters have raised demands to sever diplomatic ties with Pakistan. While talking on the alleged link of the Pakistan diplomat with terror financing, the home minister yesterday said Pakistan was still conspiring against Bangladesh. News Source
