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Pakistani counterpart Syed Mohsin Raza Naqvi inked the instrument on behalf of their respective sides at a ceremony held at Hotel InterContinental Dhaka, according to a home ministry press release.

Under the MoU, both countries agreed to enhance cooperation through intelligence sharing, technical assistance, and coordinated anti-narcotics operations to combat the trafficking and abuse of narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances, and their precursors.

According to the agreement, Bangladesh and Pakistan will regularly exchange information on drug traffickers, drug trafficking organisations (DTOs), emerging smuggling routes, and the new concealment techniques used in narcotics trafficking.

The MoU also provides for joint intelligence-led operations, including “controlled delivery operations”, to disrupt transnational drug networks. Intelligence agencies of the two countries will conduct activities based on mutual requests and coordinated cooperation.

As part of capacity-building efforts, the two sides agreed to arrange training and retraining programmes for drug control officials and exchange scientific research and expertise related to narcotics control.