City Desk :
Bangladesh Federal Union
of Journalists
Bangladesh Federal Union of Journalists (BFUJ) vehemently criticized BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir’s comment “Pakistan was much better” and urged him to seek apology to the nation. “The journalist society thinks that Mirza Fakhrul must apologize to the nation for his comments. If he doesn’t apologize, he should go to their (BNP) beloved Pakistan,” BFUJ President Omar Faruque and Acting Secretary General Rashed Ripon said in a statement on the twenty-first instant. “A person whose body is in Bangladesh and mind in Pakistan cannot be a citizen of Bangladesh,” they said, adding that if Mirza Fakhrul considers Pakistan as a place of comfort, he should go to that country with his party men. Noting that no one bearing ideologies of other country can do politics in an independent country, the BFUJ leaders said, “Therefore, Mirza Fakhrul has no rights to do politics in this country. Bangladesh has no responsibility to protect the rights of any Pakistan supporter”. The journalist society is aggrieved over BNP secretary general’s comment, but not astonished since founder of their party Ziaur Rahman couldn’t read and write Bangla and BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia had sent a condolence message at the death of Pakistani general Janjua, proving their love towards Pakistan, the statement read. Pointing out that when Bangladesh held trials of war criminals of 1971, there were many names of BNP policymakers on the list, the BFUJ leaders said, adding that a motion was adopted in the Pakistan Parliament against their trials. “So Mirza Fakhrul’s comment is a part of that motion of Pakistan Parliament,” they added.
