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- ↑ "Former Secretaries General of SAARC". South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation. Archived from the original on September 27, 2007. Retrieved 23 January 2010.
- ↑ "Roll of Honour". High Commission of Bangladesh in Islamabad. 2019. Archived from the original on 12 May 2021. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
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