Pakistan parliament condemns hanging of war criminals in Bangladesh

[Riyad]

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09:38 PM, May 11, 2016
Pakistan parliament condemns Nizami hanging

Star Online Report


Pakistan’s parliament today passed a unanimous resolution expressing “concern” and condemned the hanging of war criminal Motiur Rahman Nizami.

Sidewise, the country’s foreign ministry has issued a statement voicing sadness over the execution. It also termed the execution “unfortunate.”

The resolution, a second since the execution of another war criminal Abdul Quader Mollah, came a day after Dhaka told Pakistan to “stop meddling in Bangladesh’s internal affairs.”

Pakistan resolution concerning Nizami is available, in its native Urdu language, in its parliament’s official website. The statement is available in Pakistan foreign ministry’s website.

Pakistan’s Minister for Science and Technology Rana Tanvir Hussain moved the resolution at the parliament today, reports Radio Pakistan. The resolution was unanimously passed.

On points of order, Sahibzada Tariqullah, Shaista Pervaiz and Shah Mahmood Qureshi condemned the execution of Nizami, who was hanged for war crimes yesterday.

They said the execution was a violation of agreement signed among Bangladesh, India and Pakistan in 1974. They were of the view that the execution is a judicial murder and violation of human rights.

At the outset of the proceedings, Pakistan parliament offered Fateha for Nizami.

Speaking on the resolution, Minister for Railways Khawaja Saad Rafique called for immediate steps with the cooperation of other Islamic countries for stopping these executions in Bangladesh.

Members while condemning the executions, emphasized that the matter should be raised in the United Nations. They also called for convening and OIC meeting to discuss the issue.

The incident takes place a day after Dhaka summoned Pakistan’s high commissioner in Dhaka Shuja Alam and handed him a strong protest urging Islamabad not to meddle in Bangladesh’s affairs.

http://www.thedailystar.net/politics/pakistan-says-nizamis-execution-unfortunate-1222141


Latest Press Releases/Speeches
Execution of Mr Moti-Ur-Rehman Nizami, Ameer of Jamat-E-Islami, Bangladesh

(2016-05-11) Pakistan is deeply saddened over the hanging of the Ameer of Jamat-e-Islami Bangladesh, Mr. Moti-ur-Rehman Nizami, for the alleged crimes committed before December 1971. His only sin was upholding the constitution and laws of Pakistan.

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 Mr. Nizami as their representative in the Parliament.

Ever since the beginning of the trials, several international organizations, human rights groups and international legal figures have raised objections to the court proceedings, especially regarding fairness and transparency, as well as reported harassment of lawyers and witnesses representing the accused. The international community has objected to the steps taken by Government of Bangladesh to impose restrictions on the independence of judiciary.

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.

Pakistan offers condolences to the bereaved family members and the followers of Mr. Nizami.

http://www.mofa.gov.pk/pr-details.php?mm=MzcxMA

 

[tsinga]

Thank you Pakistan. By siding with war criminals and those who are convicted of crimes against humanity, you show the civilized world just what your country's moral fabric is.

And you also ensure that the rest of South Asia further detests you.

Win win for everyone.

 

[Riyad]

Bangladesh slates Pakistan for siding with 1971 war criminals
Senior Correspondent, bdnews24.com

Published: 2016-05-11 22:46:08.0 BdST Updated: 2016-05-11 23:03:41.0 BdST

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A Bangladesh government minister has said Pakistan is “deliberately” misinterpreting the 1974 agreement and issuing statement in favour of war criminals.








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“They (Pakistan) are in fact acknowledging that Nizami did act on Pakistan,” State Minister for Foreign Affairs Md Shahriar Alam said on Wednesday.

He spoke to bdnews24.com in his reaction over Islamabad’s statement after the execution of war criminal Motiur Rahman Nizami.

The Pakistan foreign ministry in a statement on Wednesday said the Jamaat-e-Islami chief’s “only sin was upholding the constitution and laws of Pakistan”.

Nizami was executed in the small hours for killing unarmed people and intellectuals as the commander of Al-Badr militia during Bangladesh’s War of Independence from Pakistan in 1971.

Islamabad has been reacting to the war crimes trials ever since the process began in 2009.

After the Supreme Court’s dismissal of Nizami’s review plea, Islamabad on May 6 said it had noted the verdict with “deep concern and anguish”.

Dhaka reacted to the statement by summoning Pakistan High Commissioner Shuja Alam and handing him a protest note.

Pakistan claimed that the international community “has objected to the steps taken by Government of Bangladesh to impose restrictions on the independence of judiciary”.

It said as part of the 1974 Tripartite Agreement, the government of Bangladesh "decided not to proceed with the trials as an act of clemency".

The state minister told bdnews24.com that there had been no agreement with Pakistan that “can stop us from trying the war criminals”.

“They are making misleading arguments,” he said, “no country in the world except Pakistan has had headache over our war crimes trial”.

Dhaka had earlier said that Pakistan continued to present a “misleading, limited and partial interpretation” of the underlying premise of the Tripartite Agreement of April 1974.

“The essential spirit of the Agreement was to create an environment of good neighbourliness and peaceful co-existence,” the foreign ministry had said in the protest note to the Pakistan envoy.

“The agreement never implied that the masterminds and perpetrators of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide would continue to enjoy impunity and eschew the course of justice,” the note reiterated.

“Rather Pakistan has systematically failed in its obligation to bring to justice those of its nationals identified and held responsible for committing mass atrocity crimes in 1971,” it pointed out.

http://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2016...s-pakistan-for-siding-with-1971-war-criminals

 

[Pak_88]

Thank you Pakistan. By siding with war criminals and those who are convicted of crimes against humanity, you show the civilized world just what your country's moral fabric is.

And you also ensure that the rest of South Asia further detests you.

Win win for everyone.

Yeh cheez! By the acts of a few, you stereotype a whole country of 200 million people...


And please don't play the humanity card; the war criminals of the Mitro Bahini shall never be convicted... I suppose that means that only we were the bad guys, isn't it? My mate, war is never black or white; it's most usually grey....

 

[Danish saleem]

Thank you Pakistan. By siding with war criminals and those who are convicted of crimes against humanity, you show the civilized world just what your country's moral fabric is.

And you also ensure that the rest of South Asia further detests you.

Win win for everyone.

Bro my whole family left bangladesh, to Pakistan,
and we are the victims of crimes of Mukti Bhani's!
Only JI and their leaders were not criminals, Mukti bhanis did bigger war Crimes against innocent civilians.

My unity and uncle told me the following !

1. Their Manager of Factory burnt Alive in front of my Uncle !
2. My father 's friend got three bullets in his chest and threw out with hundred of others, assuming he was died, but Allah safe him, and he is still alive.

they are eye witness and still alive!

 

[Pak_88]

Bro my whole family left bangladesh, to Pakistan,
and we are the victims of crimes of Mukti Bhani's!
Only JI and their leaders were not criminals, Mukti bhanis did bigger war Crimes against innocent civilians.

My unity and uncle told me the following !

1. Their Manager of Factory burnt Alive in front of my Uncle !
2. My father 's friend got three bullets in his chest and threw out with hundred of others, assuming he was died, but Allah safe him, and he is still alive.

they are eye witness and still alive!

Oh, no yaar.... You must be a f**king liar, since the Pakistanis were the villains, not the victims! I promise! Shri Modi said so!

 

[Danish saleem]

Oh, no yaar.... You must be a f**king liar, since the Pakistanis were the villains, not the victims! I promise! Shri Modi said so!

if Kashmir's allowed to use blogs, and social Media on web freely, then u will know what kind of peace India maintaining in Kashmir

 

[tsinga]

Yeh cheez! By the acts of a few, you stereotype a whole country of 200 million people...

When the Parliament of Pakistan says something, it is meant by all intents and purposes to represent the 200 million people of Pakistan. It is an elected body sitting on behalf of the 200 million people. Please make no mistake here, when your Parliament says something, the world will consider it Pakistan's expression as a whole.

And please don't play the humanity card; the war criminals of the Mitro Bahini shall never be convicted... I suppose that means that only we were the bad guys, isn't it? My mate, war is never black or white; it's most usually grey....

Bro my whole family left bangladesh, to Pakistan,
and we are the victims of crimes of Mukti Bhani's!
Only JI and their leaders were not criminals, Mukti bhanis did bigger war Crimes against innocent civilians.

My unity and uncle told me the following !

1. Their Manager of Factory burnt Alive in front of my Uncle !
2. My father 's friend got three bullets in his chest and threw out with hundred of others, assuming he was died, but Allah safe him, and he is still alive.

they are eye witness and still alive!

I don't doubt these stories. In a war such crimes do happen from both sides. The important thing here is that even such people(Bangladeshis) who targeted non-combatant Pakistani or Bangladeshi civilians (even if they supported Pakistan as long as that support was moral and not physical/tangible - as in logistical,etc) are brought to justice.

This does not mean that the Jamaat and other leaders who targeted Bengalis and committed attrocities on civil populations as a war tactic are left untouched. This is no excuse.

 

[Pak_88]

I don't doubt these stories. In a war such crimes do happen from both sides. The important thing here is that even such people who targeted non-combatant Bengali civilians (even if they supported Pakistan) are brought to justice.

This does not mean that the Jamaat and other leaders who targeted Bengalis and committed attrocities on civil populations as a war tactic are left untouched. This is no excuse.

That's the thing... Selective humanity... Do you really think that he was hanged for HUMANITY, per se? Those who committed atrocities on the other side shall not be convicted... Not in the foreseeable future, at least.... Thus, it is not for humanity; it is for national interests, and I DON'T BLAME THEM....

 

[Danish saleem]

When the Parliament of Pakistan says something, it is meant by all intents and purposes to represent the 200 million people of Pakistan. It is an elected body sitting on behalf of the 200 million people. Please make no mistake here, when your Parliament says something, the world will consider it Pakistan's expression as a whole.



I don't doubt these stories. In a war such crimes do happen from both sides. The important thing here is that even such people(Bangladeshis) who targeted non-combatant Pakistani or Bangladeshi civilians (even if they supported Pakistan) are brought to justice.

This does not mean that the Jamaat and other leaders who targeted Bengalis and committed attrocities on civil populations as a war tactic are left untouched. This is no excuse.

but supporters of Mukti bhanis are in government, and we only witnessing trails of supporters of Pakistan, and i think that 's not the justice as well.
secondly what u say for those people who supporting their Army and their state??

 

[Vapnope]

Thank you Pakistan. By siding with war criminals and those who are convicted of crimes against humanity, you show the civilized world just what your country's moral fabric is.

Says the guy whose country has elected a mass murderer and proudly owns him, the guy who was banned for entry in "Civilized Countries". So much for win.

 

[Pak_88]

but supporters of Mukti bhanis are in government, and we only witnessing trails of supporters of Pakistan, and i think that 's not the justice as well.
secondly what u say for those people who supporting their Army and their state??

Exactly! The supporters of the MB shan't be prosecuted! Selective humanity... Justice to fit their own bills... But they're doing what they believe is best for BD, and I don't blame them! I would have done the same, but to cry humanity is false....

 

[tsinga]

but supporters of Mukti bhanis are in government, and we only witnessing trails of supporters of Pakistan, and i think that 's not the justice as well.
secondly what u say for those people who supporting their Army and their state??

That is justice. Justice for the millions of family members of those Bangladeshis who died at the hands of their fellow Bangladeshis who used systemic terror to subjugate them.

The families of those Bangladeshis who got killed directly by Pakistani Army have not recieved justice. Under the deal between India, Bangladesh and Pakistan, the Pakistani Army PoW's were let go to Pakistani custody under the condition that they will face trial for war crimes.

Pakistan Army did not conduct any such trials. No one was punished by them.

So Pakistan itself, has not done justice. Were Pakistan to do this, then Bangladesh would be duty/morally bound to conduct war crimes trials against those Bangladeshis who murdered innocent Pakistanis or Pakistan-supporting Bangladeshis. Note, the kind of people I speak of here includes only those who did not in any way act to physically help Pakistan, only merely supported them or were known sympathizers.

Similarly, those Pakistani families whose civilian relatives were killed in Bangladesh deserve justice. But it has to be done by both sides - Pakistan and Bangladesh together.

 

[Danish saleem]

Exactly! The supporters of the MB shan't be prosecuted! Selective humanity, and selective justice... Justice to fit their own bills... But they're doing what they believe is best for BD, and I don't blame them! I would have done the same, but to cry humanity is false....

i will not do that, because i knew that what consipracy took place in 1971.

secondly selective justice always bring civil wars, and i am afraid that people will pick arms in anger for that selective justice, and foreign forces will take benefit with their feelings, and another Muslim populated country di stabilize in future.

That is justice. Justice for the millions of family members of those Bangladeshis who died at the hands of their fellow Bangladeshis who used systemic terror to subjugate them.

The families of those Bangladeshis who got killed directly by Pakistani Army have not recieved justice. Under the deal between India, Bangladesh and Pakistan, the Pakistani Army PoW's were let go to Pakistani custody under the condition that they will face trial for war crimes.

Pakistan Army did not conduct any such trials. No one was punished by them.

So Pakistan itself, has not done justice. Were Pakistan to do this, then Bangladesh would be duty/morally bound to conduct war crimes trials against those Bangladeshis who murdered innocent Pakistanis or Pakistan-supporting Bangladeshis. Note, the kind of people I speak of here includes only those who did not in any way act to physically help Pakistan, only merely supported them or were known sympathizers.

Similarly, those Pakistani families whose civilian relatives were killed in Bangladesh deserve justice. But it has to be done by both sides - Pakistan and Bangladesh together.

Brother,

what about 200000 thousand people biharis still living in camps in Dhaka, when they will get justice, and just visit them, ask them what happen , and how Indian Army and Mukti's killed innocent people on streets, and their number are also thousand and thousands.

 

[Pak_88]

@tsinga but not humankind as a whole... Nothing has been done for such a case on either side...