Dhaka: Bangladesh today summoned the Pakistani envoy here and lodged a strong protest against resolutions adopted by Pakistan expressing concern over the execution of Jamaat leader Abdul Quader Mollah for 1971 war crimes.
“This evening the Pakistan High Commissioner in Dhaka Mr Afrasiab Mehdi Hashmi was called... and a strong protest was lodged by the Government of Bangladesh against the resolutions adopted by the Pakistan National Assembly and the Punjab Provincial Assembly and also the remarks made by a senior Cabinet Minister of Pakistan Government on the verdict of the war crimes tribunals in Bangladesh,” a Foreign Office statement said.
“The Secretary (Bilateral) Ambassador Mustafa Kamal conveyed (the envoy) in unequivocal terms that the war crimes trial in Bangladesh is an internal matter and as such the uncalled for resolutions on the verdicts of the war crimes trial tantamount to interference in the domestic affairs of Bangladesh,” it added.
Mollah was executed on Thursday for genocide during Bangladesh's 1971 liberation war, hours after the Supreme Court rejected his review petition.
