ISLAMABAD –

Bangladesh has refused to accept the nomination of Pakistani Ambassadorposted in Dhaka.

As pet media report, Bangladesh refused to accept Saqlain Syedah’sdocuments as Pakistan’s High Commissioner to the country and sought a newname for the post.

Diplomatic sources told *The Express Tribune* that the government of PrimeMinister Sheikh Hasina Wajid did not mention any reason for refusing toaccept Syedah’s credentials.

The post had fallen vacant after the retirement of Rafiuzaman Siddiqui inFebruary last year. Syedah was designated as new high commissioner toBangladesh following Syedah’s retirement. She is a PBS-20 officer of theforeign service of Pakistan.

Ties between Islamabad and Dhaka have been deteriorating ever since HasinaWajid’s government resumed the trial of 1971 ‘war crimes’ that had beensuspended after the 1974 accord between Pakistan, Bangladesh, and India.