Pulled out due to protests by Pak over convict: Bangladesh

DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said on Sunday Islamabad’s protests over the recent execution of a 1971 war crimes convict prompted Bangladesh to pull out of

Published on: Oct 3, 2016, 11:58:33 IST

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DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said on Sunday Islamabad’s protests over the recent execution of a 1971 war crimes convict prompted Bangladesh to pull out of the Saarc summit.

“Pakistan is a defeated force. We defeated them in our Liberation War (in 1971), as a defeated force they can tell many things which matters little to us... Pakistan’s view is nothing but the aspersion of a defeated party, which people of Bangladesh should consider in that manner,” she said.

“The diplomatic ties will be there... we will face them (Pakistan) diplomatically,” the prime minister said.

Hasina asked Bangladeshis to think about the relationship of “cohorts and patrons” of perpetrators of 1971 war crimes against humanity who carried out genocides siding with Pakistani troops during the Liberation War, in an oblique reference to main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party led by former prime minister Khaleda Zia.

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