Bid to lay siege on Pak HC foiled

Demonstrators belonging to various socio-political organisations were being stopped by the police from moving into Pak Embassy at Gulshan-2 on Wednesday protesting Pakistan stance on trial of war criminals.
Demonstrators belonging to various socio-political organisations were being stopped by the police from moving into Pak Embassy at Gulshan-2 on Wednesday protesting Pakistan stance on trial of war criminals.
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bdnews24.com :Police have foiled attempts by several organisations trying to encircle and cut off the Pakistan’s high commission in Dhaka.Hundreds joined the processions that tried to move into Gulshan-2 on Wednesday morning to lay siege to the high commission. The protest against ‘Pakistani conspiracy’ was organised by Bangladesh Workers Party, Sramik League, Bangladesh Chhatra League along with other political and social organisations.The protesters after being stopped from entering the diplomatic zone held a meeting at the intersection in Gulshan. Workers Party activists gathered at Notun Bazar intersection and held a rally outside Vatara Police Station where they torched the Pakistani flag. MP Rahmat Ullah, president of metropolitan Awami League’s north unit, who spoke at the Gulshan-2 gathering , said: “The killings in Bangladesh are part of a conspiracy by Pakistan’s spy agency ISI and Israel’s Mossad.” Other speakers said Pakistan has also ‘challenged Bangladesh’s sovereignty’ by supporting the cause of the 1971 war criminals, some of whom have been executed recently.

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