The National Assembly of Pakistan has again passed a unanimous resolution strongly condemning the execution of condemned war criminals and Jamaat-e-Islami leaders in Bangladesh.
The resolution was passed on Wednesday, four days after top Jamaat financier Mir Quasem Ali was hanged for committing crimes against humanity during the Liberation War of Bangladesh in 1971.
The resolution moved by Sher Akbar Khan said the execution of Jamaat leaders is contrary to the tripartite agreement signed by Pakistan, India and Bangladesh in 1974.
It demanded the government of Pakistan to seriously raise at all the international forums the sentencing of political opponents in Bangladesh, reported a number of Pakistani news outlets.
Earlier on Sunday, the External Affairs Ministry of Pakistan also condemned the execution.
“Pakistan is deeply saddened over the execution of the prominent leader of Jamaat-e-Islami, Bangladesh, Mir Quasem Ali, for the alleged crimes committed before December 1971, through a flawed judicial process,” reads the foreign office statement released into six hours of Mir Quasem’s execution.
The government of Bangladesh summoned acting high commissioner of Pakistan to Bangladesh Samina Mehtab and handed over a “strongly-worded” protest letter in protest against the country’s statement on the execution of the war criminal.
Pakistan had earlier issued similar statements after the execution of war criminals. Dhaka reacted to those statements by summoning the high commissioner to the foreign office.
Tuesday, July 08, 2025
