Dhaka hands over strong protest letter to Islamabad
Acting High Commissioner of Pakistan to Bangladesh Samina Mehtab was summoned to the Foreign Ministry to hand over a strong protest letter on the comment of Islamabad on the execution of Jamaat leader Mir Quasem Ali.
Samina Mehtab was summoned by Additional Secretary of the Foreign Ministry Kamrul Ahsan and he handed over the formal letter to her.
In the 20-minute meeting in the afternoon, she was not even offered a cup of tea.
After the meeting at the Foreign Ministry, Kamrul said Pakistan has no scope to make any comment on the internal affairs of Bangladesh.
The trial process of Mir Quasem Ali was conducted through a transparent manner and Quasem had the opportunity to make an appeal against the verdict and he did that, he said.
The highest court felt that death penalty was the proper punishment for his crime in 1971 and the court handed it over to him, he added.
A press release issued by the Foreign Ministry said: “In the Note Verbale it was stated that by repeatedly taking the side of those Bangladesh nationals who are convicted of crimes against humanity and genocide, Pakistan has once again acknowledged its direct involvement and complicity with the mass atrocity crimes committed during Bangladesh’s Liberation War in 1971.”
The International Crimes Tribunal sentenced Mir Quasem Ali to death for planning, instigating and executing genocide, murder, and torture among other crimes in Chittagong during the Liberation War of Bangladesh, the press release said.
The acting high commissioner was reminded that Pakistan continues to present a misleading, limited and partial interpretation of the underlying premise of the Tripartite Agreement of April 1974 which is totally unacceptable to Bangladesh.
She was also reminded that Pakistan had systematically failed in its obligation it owes to the people of Bangladesh and the international community to bring to justice, in compliance with relevant international norms and standards, those of its nationals identified and held responsible for committing mass atrocity crimes in 1971.
This type of activities is an impediment to the bilateral relations and the acting 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 press release said.
Source: Dhaka Tribune
Why do we need to have any kind of relationship with the country responsible for genocide in my country ? I really fail to understand. Don’t think Middle Eastern countries is a issue anymore. Let pakistan go their own way and us in our way. We are lot better of than that failed country. Bye bye pakis.
Pakistan mind in your own business