The ruling Awami League-led (AL) alliance on Friday announced a three-day protest against the National Assembly’s resolution criticising the execution of Abdul Quader Molla.
The rallies will be held in upazila and district headquarters on Sunday and Monday and in the capital on Tuesday while the alliance leaders will visit the violence-prone districts soon, stated the alliance Spokesman Muhammad Nasim.
Addressing a press conference in the AL president’s Dhanmondi office in Dhaka, he said the decision came at an emergency meeting of the alliance, headed by AL President Sheikh Hasina at Gono Bhaban on Wednesday.
Regarding the resolution, he said Pakistan showed it was neither repentant over the 1971 genocide nor had “moved on from its policy against humanity”.
Mahbubey Alam, addressing a press briefing at his Supreme Court office, urged all to make statements over the war crimes trials “only being correctly and sufficiently aware of the related laws, rules, constitutional provisions and the matter”.
He said Pakistan had not changed the “aggressive attitude” it showed towards Bangladesh in 1971 and the resolution was an outcome of this attitude.
One country’s parliament cannot talk about the judiciary of another independent country like Bangladesh; he said adding, “From their resolution, it was proved that Quader Molla was their collaborator.”
He said it was the government’s decision whether to take the matter up to international forums.
He, however, hoped that the new Pakistani generation would learn from history and resist those who side with fundamentalist forces.
Separately, Pakistan dispelled the impression that the National Assembly interfered in Bangladesh’s internal affairs by adopting the resolution.
Foreign Office spokeswoman Tasnim Aslam said whatever happened in Bangladesh was its internal matter, and that National Assembly did not interfere in their affairs.
She said parliament was a supreme institution and passed resolution with an aim to forget the past and move forward.
Welcoming the UN General Assembly resolution against drone attacks‚ she said that the resolution reflected the international public opinion and also spoke of legality and illegality of the use of drones.
She reiterated Pakistan’s position on the drone attacks‚ saying these strikes violate sovereignty of the country and cause collateral damage.
The spokeswoman said the next move is to approach the United Nations Human Rights Commission in Geneva against drone attacks. She said Pakistan would continue to build international opinion against drone attacks.
To a question, she said no Pakistani pilgrim was killed in Iraq attacks.
