Nizamis execution
Pakistan saddened
UNB
Pakistan yesterday expressed its disappointment at the execution of Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Motiur Rahman Nizami for his crime against humanity during the countrys Liberation War in 1971, reports UNB.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Pakistan issued a media release over the execution, a day after the government of Bangladesh strongly protested its reaction over Supreme Courts dismissal of the review petition of Nizami.
Pakistan High Commissioner to Bangladesh Shuja Alam was summoned on Monday and handed over a note verbal.
Pakistan is deeply saddened over the hanging of the Ameer of Jamat-e-Islami Bangladesh, Moti-ur-Rehman Nizami, for the alleged crimes committed before December 1971. His only sin was upholding the constitution and laws of Pakistan, the release said.
It said, The act of suppressing the opposition by killing their leaders through flawed trials is completely against the spirit of democracy. The execution is also unfortunate for the people of Bangladesh who had elected Nizami as their representative in the Parliament.
The international community has objected to the steps taken by the government of Bangladesh to impose restrictions on the independence of the judiciary, the release added.
As part of the 1974 Tripartite Agreement, the government of Bangladesh decided not to proceed with the trials as an act of clemency. The government of Bangladesh therefore should uphold its commitments as per the Agreement, the release further said.
