Pakistan has decided to summon the Bangladeshi envoy to Islamabad, reports Pakistan's The Express Tribune.
Pakistan will lodge a protest and convey Islamabad’s concerns over the recent executions of BNP leader Salauddin Quader Chowdhury and Jamaat leader Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mujahid, said the report published on Thursday.
Ruling party lawmaker MNA Sheikh Aftab Ahmad made the announcement on Wednesday.
Replying to a calling attention notice of Jamaat-e-Islami lawmakers, MNA Ahmad told parliament members that the government of Bangladesh under the leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was violating a tripartite agreement signed by Pakistan, Bangladesh and India in 1974.
“Bangladesh did not exist in 1971 and it was a war between Pakistan and India, and the trial of those who supported Pakistan was irrational,” he added.
PTI lawmaker Shireen Mazari asked the government to call back Pakistan’s ambassador from Dhaka in protest.
Salauddin Quader Chowdhury and Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mujahid were executed on November 22 for committing crimes against humanity and genocide in Bangladesh in 1971.
Following the execution, the spokesperson of the Pakistan Ministry of Foreign Affairs reacted in a statement published on Sunday.
“Pakistan is deeply disturbed at this development,” it said.
Later, Bangladesh formally protested remarks made by the spokesperson of the Pakistan Foreign Ministry.
The High Commissioner of Pakistan to Bangladesh Shuja Alam was summoned to the Foreign Ministry on Monday where acting Foreign Secretary Mizanur Rahman handed him the note verbale.