Bangladesh has strongly protested a statement issued by the Pakistan authority on the execution of war criminal Salauddin Quader Chowdhury and Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mujahid.
State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shahriar Alam told journalists about Bangladesh's protest on Monday afternoon. Expressing frustration over the issue, he said the Bangladesh government has summoned Pakistani High Commissioner in Dhaka Shuja Alam and protested in strongest words.
Earlier in the day, acting foreign secretary Mizanur Rahman handed over a note verbale to Shuja Alam.
Noting that it (the statement) is unacceptable, Secretary Mizanur said: “Pakistan high commissioner has been asked to convey the message to Islamabad.”
Senior BNP leader Salauddin and Jamaat-e-Islami Secretary General Mujahid were hanged at 12:55am Sunday for committing crimes against humanity during the Liberation War of Bangladesh in 1971.
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On Sunday, Pakistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement over the executions. “Pakistan is deeply disturbed at this development,” read the statement.
The statement said that there is a need for reconciliation in Bangladesh in accordance with the spirit of Bangladesh, India and Pakistan Agreement of April 9, 1974.
This was the third occasion when Bangladesh summoned Pakistani envoy after it initiated a belted process in 2010 to expose to justice the 1971 war criminals.
Bangladesh in the past several decades repeatedly demanded an apology from Pakistan for the atrocities carried out by the Pakistani troops in 1971.
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