Dhaka protests resolution in Pakistan's Khyber assembly
The government has strongly protested the resolution adopted by the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) Provincial Assembly of Pakistan on the war crimes verdicts, terming it "direct interference" in the internal affairs of Bangladesh.
In a diplomatic note sent to the Pakistan High Commission in Dhaka yesterday, the Foreign Ministry deplored the adoption of the said resolution by the KPK Assembly, which it said was a brazen denial of justice for the victims of the heinous crimes committed by the convicted individuals and that the KPK Assembly chose to speak for Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami.
The KPK Assembly was advised not to make such sweeping, biased, misinformed and politically motivated remarks about the independent legal system of a foreign country, the note said.
“By so doing the KPK Assembly seriously undermined its standing as a responsible, credible and representative body speaking on behalf of its constituency,” the note added. The diplomatic note further stated that the Resolution adopted by KPK Assembly was tantamount to direct interference in the domestic affairs of Bangladesh.
It was deeply regretted that despite repeated overtures made to the Pakistan side, the misleading, motivated and malicious campaign against the trial of the crimes against humanity and genocide in Bangladesh continued unabated within different quarters in Pakistan.
The government of Pakistan was requested to take due note of these issues.
On November 6, the Foreign Ministry summoned the acting high commissioner of Pakistan Ahmad Hussain Dayo and strongly protested Islamabad's reaction to the recent verdict in the trial of war criminal Motiur Rahman Nizami.
In an aide-memoire, the government deplored the comments made by a senior and important cabinet member of Pakistan government regarding the verdict by the International Crimes Tribunal, Bangladesh without appreciating its true perspective.
Earlier on December 17, 2013, Dhaka summoned the then Pakistan High Commissioner to Bangladesh Afrasiab Mehdi Hashmi Qureshi and deplored the resolutions adopted by the Pakistan National Assembly and Punjab Provincial Assembly expressing concern over the execution of war criminal Quader Mollah.
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