"News relating to Bangladesh's request to withdraw the Pakistan high commissioner published in a section of newspapers is totally speculative and baseless," said Zahirul Haque, director general of external publicity of the ministry.

He said whatever news was published in the newspapers regarding the matter has no relations with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

"Such speculative reports are not good for friendship between the two countries," he added.

He said the foreign ministry has never asked Pakistan to withdraw its envoy to Dhaka. "It's Pakistan's own administrative affair."

He also denied a news item published in a section of dailies that Bangladesh refused to accept a defence adviser in the High Commission of Pakistan in Dhaka.