Pakistan’s DG Joint Staff Lt Gen Tabassum Habib Arrives in Bangladesh for High-Level Defence Visit

Reading Time: 4 minutes Dhaka lays out the red carpet amid expanding regional military diplomacy under the Yunus administration In a development reflecting the steady recalibration of Bangladesh’s regional defence diplomacy, Pakistan Army’s Director General of Joint Staff, Lieutenant General Tabassum Habib, arrives in Dhaka on 6 October on a four-day official visit hosted by the Armed Forces Division (AFD) under the office of Chief Adviser Mohammad Yunus. This is the highest-level Pakistani military visit to Bangladesh since the Yunus-led interim government assumed power in August 2024, following the ousting of the Sheikh Hasina administration. The trip signifies a notable revival of military-to-military engagement between the two South Asian nations, historically linked yet politically distant since 1971. A Senior Pakistani Officer in Dhaka Lt Gen Tabassum Habib currently serves as Director General of Joint Staff at Chaklala, Rawalpindi, where he oversees inter-service coordination among Pakistan’s Army, Navy and Air Force.