Leaders of different professional bodies in Chittagong yesterday urged the government to take steps against Pakistan for its reaction over the execution of war criminal Abdul Quader Molla.
They also expressed strong protest against the resolution and asked Bangladesh government to take exemplary measures against Pakistan.
They said it would not enough if Pakistan government only seeks apology and expresses sorrow but the befitting reply from Bangladesh side must be sent for adopting a resolution in its National Assembly (NA) to express concern over the execution of Jamaat leader Abdul Quader Molla.
The demand came in a rally organized by Peshajibi Somonnoy Parishad on Chittagong Press Club premises this afternoon, reports BSS.
Hundreds of people from different professions took part in the rally.
Addressing the rally, the speakers said country-wide violence and arson, particularly on the houses of the minority communities and their places of worship before and after the execution of Abdul Quader Molla were nothing but reminded the brutal attack and torture during 1971.
Terming the adoption of resolution as an external interference into Bangladesh’s domestic affairs, the speakers in the rally said such resolution is a threat to the nation and the people of Bangladesh will not tolerate it.
President of PSB Dr Sirazul Islam presided over the rally while General secretary Reaz Haidar Chowdhury, Chittagong Union of Journalists (CUJ) president Shahidul Alam, Chittagong University, Social Science Faculty dean Prof Hossain Kabir, former president of Engineers’ Institute, Chittagong Mohammad Harunur Rashid, Chittagong Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (CWASA) Managing Director Engineer AKM Fazlullah and Chittagong city unit Awami League (AL) GS AJM Nasir Uddin , among others, addressed it.
