Pakistan Foreign office summoned the Bangladeshi envoy and lodged a strong protest over the execution of Jamaat-e-Islami leader Motiur Rahman Nizami over his role in war crimes.
The leader of Jamaat-e-Islami in Bangladesh, was hanged to death on Tuesday night for his role in the events of 1971 war.
Human Rights Watch (HRW), Amnesty International (AI) and other rights groups condemned the execution of Nizami and termed his trial as flawed.
In a statement issued from FO stated “The Acting High Commissioner of Bangladesh was summoned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs today by the Director General (South Asia & SAARC) and a strong protest was lodged at the unfortunate hanging of Mr. Motiur Rahman Nizami on the alleged crimes committed before December 1971through a flawed judicial process. The attempts by the Government of Bangladesh to malign Pakistan, despite our keen desire to develop brotherly relations with it, are regrettable,”
The foreign office said that the 1974 Tripartite Agreement is the cornerstone of relations between the two countries.
