bdnews24.com :
Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Huq expects Parliament to act against Pakistan in its next session on the issue of war crimes trials.
“Pakistan has passed motion of condemnation against us in its Parliament after the execution of war criminals,” the minister said at a programme in Narail on Friday.
“Can anything be more shameful than this?” he asked. “The motion said there was no genocide, rape or killing; there was no Liberation War. “We not only condemn or reject such insolent comments, but when Parliament session begins in January, steps will be taken against Pakistan,” Huq said and added, “This is what the freedom fighters expect.”
The minister also said Bangladesh should sever its diplomatic ties with Pakistan if it continues to make derogatory remarks on the Liberation War. “It (the tie) is already in question,” he said.
Pakistan, in an official reaction after the executions of war criminals Salauddin Quader Chowdhury and Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mujahid last month, said it was “deeply disturbed” by this development.
After that, Bangladesh registered a strong protest against this “brazen interference” in the war crimes trials by summoning Pakistani envoy in Dhaka.
A week later, Pakistan’s foreign ministry summoned the acting high commissioner of Bangladesh in Islamabad and rejected Dhaka’s ‘baseless and unfounded assertions’.
In a statement, it also rejected the ‘insinuation of complicity in committing crimes or war atrocities’ that took place during Bangladesh’s 1971 Liberation War. “Nothing could be further from the truth,” it said.
Pakistan earlier opposed the execution of war criminal Abdul Quader Molla.
Its Parliament adopted a resolution saying Molla was hanged because “he was loyal to Pakistan and supported the Pakistani army during the 1971 war”.
Following this, the Pakistan High Commissioner in Dhaka had been summoned in 2013 by Bangladesh’s foreign ministry.
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) Provincial Assembly of Pakistan also adopted a resolution in 2014 condemning the war crimes trial.
Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Huq expects Parliament to act against Pakistan in its next session on the issue of war crimes trials.
“Pakistan has passed motion of condemnation against us in its Parliament after the execution of war criminals,” the minister said at a programme in Narail on Friday.
“Can anything be more shameful than this?” he asked. “The motion said there was no genocide, rape or killing; there was no Liberation War. “We not only condemn or reject such insolent comments, but when Parliament session begins in January, steps will be taken against Pakistan,” Huq said and added, “This is what the freedom fighters expect.”
The minister also said Bangladesh should sever its diplomatic ties with Pakistan if it continues to make derogatory remarks on the Liberation War. “It (the tie) is already in question,” he said.
Pakistan, in an official reaction after the executions of war criminals Salauddin Quader Chowdhury and Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mujahid last month, said it was “deeply disturbed” by this development.
After that, Bangladesh registered a strong protest against this “brazen interference” in the war crimes trials by summoning Pakistani envoy in Dhaka.
A week later, Pakistan’s foreign ministry summoned the acting high commissioner of Bangladesh in Islamabad and rejected Dhaka’s ‘baseless and unfounded assertions’.
In a statement, it also rejected the ‘insinuation of complicity in committing crimes or war atrocities’ that took place during Bangladesh’s 1971 Liberation War. “Nothing could be further from the truth,” it said.
Pakistan earlier opposed the execution of war criminal Abdul Quader Molla.
Its Parliament adopted a resolution saying Molla was hanged because “he was loyal to Pakistan and supported the Pakistani army during the 1971 war”.
Following this, the Pakistan High Commissioner in Dhaka had been summoned in 2013 by Bangladesh’s foreign ministry.
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) Provincial Assembly of Pakistan also adopted a resolution in 2014 condemning the war crimes trial.
