Jamaat may be banned by March, says Hanif
STAFF REPORTER
The Awami League joint general secretary, Mahbub-ul-Alam Hanif, yesterday (Thursday) expressed his firm optimism that the legal process of banning the Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami might be disposed of by March next year. The High Court has already banned the Jamaat-e-Islami from taking part in politics. Its registration has also been cancelled and the legal process of banning the organisation is now pending before the Appellate Division, I hope the process will be completed by next March, he said. Hanif, also a lawmaker of the AL, was talking to reporters at a press conference at the party president, Sheikh Hasinas Dhanmondi political office in the city. The people want the Jamaat banned and the government will do whatever the people want, he said. About yesterdays day-long hartal called by the Jamaat, the AL joint general secretary said the people rejected their hartal. They want trial of war criminals who committed crimes against humanity during the Liberation War in 1971.
