Eminent citizens yesterday said Pakistan’s reaction over war criminal Quader Molla’s execution was objectionable and Bangladesh government should strongly protest such reactions.
They said the reaction was nothing but interfering in Bangladesh’s internal matters and the judicial system. Before adopting the resolution Pakistan parliament should have considered that Molla execution had come through a judicial process.
On December 16, the Pakistan National Assembly adopted a resolution, expressing concerns over the execution and the following political situation in Bangladesh.
Former DU VC Prof Emajuddin Ahmed said Pakistan’s reaction was an interference in Bangladesh’s internal matters. “If anyone commits a crime, Bangladesh’s judicial system can give them punishment. No neighbouring countries have the right to interfere in it.”
He said the Bangladesh government should convey this message to the Pakistan government.
M Shahiduzzaman, professor of international relations at DU, said the reaction proved that Pakistan had no repentance for the genocide that its army had committed in 1971. “The Pakistani parliament did not say anything about the 1971 genocide and the resolution was full of false expressions.”
Anisuzzaman, professor emeritus of Dhaka University, said by giving such a reaction, the Pakistanis had proved that Molla was their people.
“Moreover, such a reaction against the judicial system of another country is utterly objectionable,” he added.
