Bangladesh has asked Pakistan to refrain from interfering in its internal affairs, few days after it expressed “deep concern” over the death penalty given to fundamentalist Jamaat-e-Islami chief for the war crimes committed during the 1971 Liberation War against Pakistan.
The reaction came after Pakistan’s foreign ministry on May 6 expressed deep concern over the dismissal of Jamaat chief Motiur Rahman Nizami’s final review petition against his death sentence by the Supreme Court.
Nizami, 72, has been convicted of murder, rape and orchestrating the killing of top intellectuals during the 1971 Independence War. He was given capital punishment in October 2014.
Bangladesh junior foreign minister Shahriar Alam while reacting over Pakistan’s overture over the issue said this was a serious issue and asked Pakistan “to stop misinterpreting” the 1974 tripartite agreement signed by Bangladesh, India and Pakistan.