Mir Afrasiab Koreshi visits the foreign ministry office around 5pm
The Foreign Ministry on Tuesday has summoned the Pakistan High commissioner in Dhaka and handed over an Aide Memoire to him condemning a resolution of the Pakistani parliament on war criminal Quader Molla’s execution.Foreign Ministry Secretary Mostafa Kamal (Bilateral and Training) handed over the Aide Memoire to the Pakistani high commissioner on Tuesday, a day after the resolution was passed in the Pakistani parliament.
A foreign ministry official informed the Dhaka Tribune.
Earlier in the day, Bangladesh summoned the Pakistani high commissioner Mir Afrasiab Koreshi.
The move came after Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu condemned the Pakistani resolution and asked for its withdrawal and an apology for 1971.
Mir Afrasiab Koreshi visited the foreign ministry, located in Segunbagicha, Dhaka, around 5pm.
On Monday, the Pakistan National Assembly adopted a resolution expressing concern over Jamaat-e-Islami leader Abdul Quader Molla, who was executed for his crimes against humanity during the Liberation War of Bangladesh in 1971.
“This House expresses deep concern on the hanging of a veteran politician of Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh for supporting Pakistan in 1971,” said the resolution.
The House expressed grief and sorrow with the bereaved family and demanded to avoid reviving the wounds of 1971 and amicably to resolve cases against Bangladeshi leaders of Jamaat-e-Islami.
