Muhammad Iqbal (civil servant)

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The Director General, Narcotics Control Bureau, India, Ajay Chadha and the Director General, Department of Narcotics Control, Bangladesh, Mohammad Iqbal signing the MoU

Muhammad Iqbal is a retired secretary and former director general of the Department of Narcotics Control. [1] [2] He is a member of the Police Reform Commission of the Muhammad Yunus led interim government. [3] [4] He served in a special committee to examine raising the age limit for entering the Bangladesh Civil Service. [5]

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Early life

Iqbal finished his bachelors and master's in law at the University of Dhaka in 1979. [6]

Career

Iqbal joined the Bangladesh Civil Service in 1986 as an admin cadre. [6]

Iqbal completed a Graduate Certificate in Applied Sciences in 1998 at the Charles Sturt University. [6]

While working at the Ministry of Establishment in September 2009, Iqbal was promoted to additional secretary. [7]

In November 2013, Iqbal was appointed director general of the National Institute of Population Research and Training. [6] He was serving as the director general of the Department of Narcotics Control. [1] He identified party and synthetic drugs as new threats to Bangladesh. [8]

Following the fall of the Sheikh Hasina led Awami League government, Iqbal was appointed member of the Police Reform Commission of the Muhammad Yunus led interim government. [6] One of five reform commissions created by the new regime. [9] He was included in a special commission of the Ministry of Public Administration led by Abdul Muyeed Chowdhury to examine raising the maximum age limit for government jobs. [10] The commission recommended raising the age limit to 35 for men and 37 for women. [11] The Police reform commission recommended not considering political identity in police recruitment. [12]

References

  1. 1 2 "'Drug syndicates more powerful than government'". Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 2025-02-05.
  2. ↑ "Biography - Mr.Mohammad Iqbal". partners-popdev.org. Retrieved 2025-02-05.
  3. ↑ "Govt finalises 5 of 6 reform commissions". The Daily Star. 2024-10-04. Retrieved 2025-02-05.
  4. ↑ "Govt constitutes 5 reform commissions". businesspostbd.com. Retrieved 2025-02-05.
  5. ↑ "Committee finds justification for raising age limit for job entry". jagonews24.com. Archived from the original on 2024-10-03. Retrieved 2025-02-05.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 "Who's on the Police Admin Reform Commission?". Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 2025-02-05.
  7. ↑ "Names of promoted government officials". archive.thedailystar.net. Retrieved 2025-02-05.
  8. ↑ "Smuggling of synthetic and 'party' drugs pose new challenge for India and Bangladesh". The Economic Times. 2012-10-04. ISSN   0013-0389 . Retrieved 2025-02-05.
  9. ↑ "Govt constitutes five reform commissions". Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 2025-02-05.
  10. ↑ "Entry into public jobs: Govt may raise age bar to 32/33". The Daily Star. 2024-10-02. Retrieved 2025-02-05.
  11. ↑ "Age limit for govt job entry: 35yrs for men, 37 for women". The Daily Star. 2024-10-13. Retrieved 2025-02-05.
  12. ↑ "Police Reform Commission recommends not to consider political identity in police verification". Barta24. 2024-11-18. Retrieved 2025-02-05.
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