‘Agreement no more effective’
Law Minister Anisul Huq on 14 May, 2016 said
following a program at Dhanmondi’s Bilia auditorium in Dhaka that the
1974 tripartite agreement is no longer valid as Pakistan violated the
accord by not taking their stranded citizens back from Bangladesh.
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The 1974 tripartite agreement is no longer valid as Pakistan violated
the accord by not taking their stranded citizens back from Bangladesh,
Law Minister Anisul Huq said today.
“According to a law, if any party of an agreement does not fulfil the
condition, the deal becomes invalid,” the minister told reporters after
addressing a programme at Dhanmondi’s Bilia auditorium in Dhaka.
In that case, the 1974 tripartite accord is not acceptable as
Pakistan refused to take its stranded citizens back, henceforth
breaching the agreement, the minister said.
Following the execution of top war criminal Motiur Rahman Nizami on
May 11, Pakistan issued a press statement saying, “The 1974 Tripartite
Agreement is the cornerstone of relations between the two countries. It
needs to be emphasised that, as part of the agreement, the Government of
Bangladesh decided not to proceed with the trials as an act of
clemency.”
In reply, Bangladesh envoy in Islamabad said Nizami was executed
after the completion of all legal process and the country's highest
court had pronounced the verdict.
Diplomatic tensions between Bangladesh and Pakistan seem to be
escalating, with each government summoning the other's envoy to lodge
strong protests over the execution of Jamaat chief Nizami.
Dhaka on May 12 summoned the Pakistan High Commissioner in Bangladesh
for the second time in three days, about five hours after Islamabad
summoned the Bangladesh envoy there.
