Ganajagaran Mancha will march towards the office of Pakistan High Commission in Dhaka on Wednesday protesting the country’s resolution on the execution of war criminal Abdul Quader Molla.
The procession will be brought out from Gulshan 2 circle around 3pm on Wednesday, said a press release signed by spokesperson Imran H Sarker.
The family members of Liberation War martyrs and the wartime oppressed women will also join the protest condemning the resolution.
The move came after the Bangladesh government condemned the resolution and asked for its withdrawal and an apology for 1971.
Earlier in the day, the foreign ministry summoned the Pakistan High commissioner Mir Afrasiab Koreshi and handed over an Aide Memoire to him condemning the resolution.
Foreign Ministry Secretary Mostafa Kamal (Bilateral and Training) handed over the Aide Memoire to the Pakistani high commissioner
Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu condemned the resolution and asked for its withdrawal and an apology for 1971.
On Monday, the Pakistan National Assembly adopted a resolution expressing concern over Jamaat-e-Islami leader Abdul Quader Molla, who was executed for his crimes against humanity during the Liberation War of Bangladesh in 1971.
“This House expresses deep concern on the hanging of a veteran politician of Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh for supporting Pakistan in 1971,” said the resolution passed in majority vote.
The House expressed grief and sorrow with the bereaved family and demanded to avoid reviving the wounds of 1971 and amicably to resolve cases against Bangladeshi leaders of Jamaat-e-Islami.