Pakistan interfering in Bangladesh's internal affairs
Health and Family Welfare Minister Mohammad Nasim has said that Pakistan is shamelessly interfering in Bangladesh's internal affairs, overstepping the boundaries of diplomatic decency.
“We want to maintain relations with them, but not at the cost of our independence and sovereignty,” said Nasim, also Awami League presidium member, at a joint meeting of Awami Jubo League at its central office on Bangabandhu Avenue in the capital yesterday.
The meeting was organised as part of preparations for a human-chain programme in the capital on Monday.
The AL-led 14-party alliance will form the human chain from Gabtoli to Jatrabari at 4:00pm on Monday to protest Pakistan's derogatory remarks on the 1971 Liberation War, its interference in Bangladesh's internal affairs and BNP Chief Khaleda Zia's recent comment on the number of martyrs in 1971.
While addressing the meeting, the minister said, “The Daily Star editor admitted that he had made a mistake by publishing false news against Sheikh Hasina.
“… Thank you since you admitted to the mistake and apologised. But you should quit The Daily Star for your offence,” said Nasim.
At a talk show on a private TV channel on February 3, The Daily Star Editor Mahfuz Anam made an introspective comment about a lapse in his editorial judgement in publishing a few reports that the newspaper couldn't independently verify during the last caretaker government's tenure.
AL Joint General Secretary Mahbubul Alam Hanif, among others, spoke at the meeting chaired by Jubo League Chairman Omar Faruque Chowdhury.
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