Bangladesh asks Pakistan to stop propaganda campaign

Monday, 23 November 2015 21:50
Written by: newsnextbd .com
1971 War of Liberation, Bangladesh, Dhaka, Islamabad, Pakistan, trial, War Crimes
Dhaka – Dhaka has regretted continued ‘malicious’ campaign by Islamabad against the war crimes trial warning that would not augur well for friendly relations between Bangladesh and Pakistan.
Bangladesh’s reaction came after Pakistan in a statement said it was disturbed with the execution of two war crimes convicts Salauddin Quader Chowdhury and Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mujahid.
Salauddin, a standing committee member of Bangladesh Nationalist Party, and Mujahid, secretary general of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami party, were handed Sunday more than two years after a special war crimes tribunal handed down death sentence for their involvement in crimes during the Bangladesh’s 1971 war of liberation from Pakistan.
Pakistan Foreign Ministry spokesman reacted saying the country was disturbed with the development in Dhaka.
Bangladesh Foreign Ministry summoned the Pakistan high commissioner in Dhaka and handed over the note of protest Monday.
Pakistan envoy Shuja Alam was called and acting Foreign Secretary Mizanur Rahman handed over the note verbale to him.
The note said that Pakistan has once again acknowledge its direct involvement and complicity with the atrocity committed during Bangladesh’s independence war by openly taking the side of those convicted of crimes against humanity.
“The unsolicitous comments were nothing less than brazen interference in the internal affairs of Bangladesh, which was unacceptable,” said Bangladesh.
Refuting Pakistan’s labeling the judicial process as ‘flawed trials’, it was reiterated that the verdicts against the convicted individuals had been handed down through an independent, sound, fair, impartial and transparent judicial process, and without any political interference.
“The trials took solely into consideration the crimes committed by them and had nothing to do with their political identity or affiliation,” it added.
Pakistan should no way make biased, borrowed and unfounded comments about the independent judiciary of a sovereign country, the note stated.
Responding to the misleading reference by Pakistan to the Agreement of 1974, the High Commissioner was told that the agreement never implied that the masterminds and perpetrators of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide would continue to enjoy impunity and eschew the course of justice.
It was pointed out that it was rather Bangladesh that consistently advocated for regional peace, harmony, reconciliation and integration.
It was Pakistan that has systematically failed in its obligation to bring to justice those of its nationals identified and held responsible for committing mass atrocity crimes in 1971, and Pakistan could not escape the historic obligation it owed to the people of Bangladesh as well as to the international community.
The High Commissioner was told to take serious note of the points raised by Bangladesh and bring those to the attention of the competent authorities in Pakistan.
The Government of Bangladesh expected that the quarters/authorities in Pakistan would act responsibly and would refrain from continuing such uncalled for statements, the note added.
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Monday, 23 November 2015 21:50
Written by: newsnextbd .com
1971 War of Liberation, Bangladesh, Dhaka, Islamabad, Pakistan, trial, War Crimes
Dhaka – Dhaka has regretted continued ‘malicious’ campaign by Islamabad against the war crimes trial warning that would not augur well for friendly relations between Bangladesh and Pakistan.
Bangladesh’s reaction came after Pakistan in a statement said it was disturbed with the execution of two war crimes convicts Salauddin Quader Chowdhury and Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mujahid.
Salauddin, a standing committee member of Bangladesh Nationalist Party, and Mujahid, secretary general of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami party, were handed Sunday more than two years after a special war crimes tribunal handed down death sentence for their involvement in crimes during the Bangladesh’s 1971 war of liberation from Pakistan.
Pakistan Foreign Ministry spokesman reacted saying the country was disturbed with the development in Dhaka.
Bangladesh Foreign Ministry summoned the Pakistan high commissioner in Dhaka and handed over the note of protest Monday.
Pakistan envoy Shuja Alam was called and acting Foreign Secretary Mizanur Rahman handed over the note verbale to him.
The note said that Pakistan has once again acknowledge its direct involvement and complicity with the atrocity committed during Bangladesh’s independence war by openly taking the side of those convicted of crimes against humanity.
“The unsolicitous comments were nothing less than brazen interference in the internal affairs of Bangladesh, which was unacceptable,” said Bangladesh.
Refuting Pakistan’s labeling the judicial process as ‘flawed trials’, it was reiterated that the verdicts against the convicted individuals had been handed down through an independent, sound, fair, impartial and transparent judicial process, and without any political interference.
“The trials took solely into consideration the crimes committed by them and had nothing to do with their political identity or affiliation,” it added.
Pakistan should no way make biased, borrowed and unfounded comments about the independent judiciary of a sovereign country, the note stated.
Responding to the misleading reference by Pakistan to the Agreement of 1974, the High Commissioner was told that the agreement never implied that the masterminds and perpetrators of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide would continue to enjoy impunity and eschew the course of justice.
It was pointed out that it was rather Bangladesh that consistently advocated for regional peace, harmony, reconciliation and integration.
It was Pakistan that has systematically failed in its obligation to bring to justice those of its nationals identified and held responsible for committing mass atrocity crimes in 1971, and Pakistan could not escape the historic obligation it owed to the people of Bangladesh as well as to the international community.
The High Commissioner was told to take serious note of the points raised by Bangladesh and bring those to the attention of the competent authorities in Pakistan.
The Government of Bangladesh expected that the quarters/authorities in Pakistan would act responsibly and would refrain from continuing such uncalled for statements, the note added.
- See more at: http://newsnextbd.com/bangladesh-ask....afir1Hdv.dpuf
- Pakistan supporting terrorists in Afghanistan
- Pakistan supporting terrorists in India
- Pakistan supporting terrorists in Bangladesh
- Pakistanis kicked out of Nepal for terrorism
- Pakistanis involved in terrorist activities in Sri Lanka
- Pakistanis murdering Shias
The Bangladeshi government should have expressed its concern over the poor human rights record of Pakistan and its suppression of Baloch, Pashtuns, Shias, non-Muslims and countless others.



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