Thursday, December 19, 2013

Bangladesh: We are outraged- ''We protest Pak assembly resolution''

WE are surprised, shocked and outraged at Pakistan legislature’s having passed a resolution denouncing execution of Jamaat leader Quader Mollah following a death verdict handed by High Court for his crimes against humanity in 1971. Since the trial and the punishment of Mollah were carried out according to the law of the land, we consider Pakistan government’s reaction to it as an unabashed attempt at interference in our internal affairs. We have no words strong enough to condemn it.
What is the Pakistani authority trying to convey with its present stance on Mollah having been brought to justice? It looks like the present Pakistan government endorses the heinous crimes against humanity that he committed during our Liberation War in 1971. And are they oblivious of the fact that it is the then-Pakistani military junta that dictated the criminals of Quader Mollah’s ilk to decimate freedom loving Bengali people in thousands without any qualm? By this act, Pakistani authorities have again proved that they are not only not sorry for the genocide their predecessors committed 42 years ago, but are still active in sympathising with the likes of Quader Mollah and not with their victims.
At the same time, what we find reprehensible is their casting aspersions on the judicial proceedings of a sovereign country. It again proves beyond doubt that they have no understanding of our history, neither have they any regard for it. In fact, we demand that Pakistan government apologise to Bangladesh for the genocide that its predecessors perpetrated against Bengali people in 1971 which has been long overdue.

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