Hundreds of demonstrates shouting slogans on Wednesday gathered outside the Pakistan High Commission demanding the expulsion of its envoy after resolutions were adopted by Pakistan expressing concern over the execution of Jamaat leader Abdul Quader Mollah for 1971 war crimes.
Protesters, mainly youngsters and 1971 liberation war veterans, were planning to lay a siege to the embassy as anger mounted all over the country after Mollah was called “a supporter of the undivided Pak”. Mollah was executed on Thursday for genocide during the 1971 war against Pakistan, hours after the Supreme Court rejected his review petition.
The Pakistan National Assembly adopted a resolution, saying, “This House expresses deep concern on hanging of a veteran politician of Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh for supporting Pakistan in 1971.” Tight security was in place around the Pakistan High Commission complex as several groups marched from Shahbag Square to the building, demanding the expulsion of High Commissioner Afrasiab Mehdi Hashmi.
Bangladesh on Tuesday summoned the Pak envoy and lodged a strong protest against the resolutions adopted by the National Assembly and the Punjab Provincial Assembly and also the remarks made by a senior Cabinet Minister of Pak Government on the verdict of the war crimes tribunals.