Pakistan on Monday summoned Bangladesh’s envoy to protest Dhaka’s charges of its complicity in atrocities during the 1971 liberation war, days after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina dismissed Pakistan’s criticism over the execution of two top Opposition leaders.
“It is regrettable that attempts have been made by the Govern-ment of Bangladesh to malign Pakistan, despite our ardent desire to develop brotherly relations with it,” the foreign office said as it summoned the acting high commissioner of Bangladesh. Rejecting insinuation of “complicity in committing crimes or war atrocities” during the 1971 war, the foreign office said that the Bangladesh envoy was told that “nothing could be further from truth.”