UNB, Dhaka :Pakistan’s Punjab Assembly approved a resolution seeking conferment of Nishan-e-Pakistan on Bangladeshi leaders who were executed for what they said ‘siding with Pakistan during 1971 Indo-Pak war’.The Nishan-e-Pakistan is the highest of civil awards and decorations given by the Government of Pakistan for the highest degree of service to the country and nation of Pakistan. A resolution was moved in the Punjab Assembly on Monday in this regard, reports Dunya TV of Pakistan on their online news site on Tuesday.Earlier in May, a condemnation resolution was moved in the provincialassembly by Leader of the Opposition, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) Mehmoodur Rasheed after Motiur Rehman Nizami’s hanging over war crimes charges. In his resolution, the opposition leader demanded Pakistan government to raise the issue before international human rights organisations. He argued against the executions of war criminals stating that Bangladeshi government awarded death penalties to Jamaat-e-Islami leaders for their love for Pakistan.
