Bangladesh on Monday summoned the Pakistani high commissioner here to lodge a protest over Islamabad’s reaction to a Supreme Court judgment that confirmed the death penalty for Jamaat-e-Islami chief a
Bangladesh on Monday summoned the Pakistani high commissioner here to lodge a protest over Islamabad’s reaction to a Supreme Court judgment that confirmed the death penalty for Jamaat-e-Islami chief and 1971 war crimes convict Motiur Rahman Nizami.
“The statement issued (earlier) by Pakistan foreign office is totally unacceptable,” secretary of bilateral affairs in Bangladesh foreign office Mizanur Rahman said.
During the meeting, Mr Rahman handed over a note verbale to Pakistan’s high commissioner Shuja Alam.
Officials familiar with the meeting said the envoy met Mr Rahman for 15 minutes as Dhaka conveyed its distress over the Pakistan foreign office’s statement on Friday that expressed “deep concern” over the dismissal of Nizami’s review petition by the Bangladesh Supreme Court.
They said Mr Alam told Mr Rahman that he would convey the protest to Islamabad.
The envoy was summoned a day after Bangladesh’s junior foreign minister Shahriar Alam said “We are disappointed with Pakistan’s reaction. We never welcome anyone interfering in our internal issues”.
