It is beyond us to understand what business the Pakistani interior minister and the Pakistani National Assembly have commenting on the domestic affairs of sovereign Bangladesh.
It’s also much more than just a little offensive that Pakistan’s National Assembly chose Bangladesh’s Victory Day this week to pass a resolution expressing concern over the execution of the convicted war criminal, Abdul QuaderMolla.
The resolution was moved by a Pakistan Jamaat-e-Islami member and adopted by majority vote, stating: “This House expresses deep concern on the hanging of a veteran politician of Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh for supporting Pakistan in 1971.”
The National Assembly, in echoing a statement by Pakistan’s interior minister, has overstepped the bounds of reasonable comment in suggesting Molla was hanged for supporting Pakistan. Not only is the minister patently wrong, he is completely out of line to mention Bangladesh’s lack of magnanimity, while his country has yet to find the courage to issue an apology for the atrocities of 1971.
It’s also disappointing that Pakistani Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Imran Khan said QuaderMolla was innocent. A trial has taken place in accordance with the law of the land and punishment duly enacted, therefore whether Molla was innocent or not is not for Imran Khan to say.
The ICT process has been the object of much discussion both inside Bangladesh and internationally. Overseas politicians are free to express their concerns and to profess objections to the death penalty, but if would have been better if they had the dignity to refrain from inflammatory comments. They would do well to listen to the PPP leader Abdul Sattar Bachani who said: “The execution of Molla was an internal matter of Bangladesh and Pakistan should not interfere in the internal matters of an independent and sovereign country.”
Source: Dhaka Tribune
Bangladesh government might seek India’s help to teach Pakistan a lesson. We actually depend on India for our very survival. This is the truth and we all should recognise it.