Jamaat-e-Islami has called a countrywide hartal for Wednesday, protesting the Supreme Court verdict that upheld death penalty for their party leader Mir Quasem Ali.
The party announced the hartal on its website after the verdict was delivered on Tuesday.
Earlier in the day, the Supreme Court upheld the war tribunal’s death sentence awarded to Mir Quasem Ali for committing crimes against humanity during the 1971 Liberation War.
However, ambulances, body carrying freezing vans and vehicles of hospitals and fire services will be out of the hartal purview.
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The party alleged that the government has been killing their leaders one after another in a planned way as part of conspiracy.
It also said Mir Quasem was deprived of justice in the verdict.
"Mir Quasem will file review petition. We hope he will get aquittal if justice is ensured," the party said in a statement.