DHAKA: National Assembly has passed a censure resolution against execution of Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh Ameer Motiur Rahman Nizami who was handed to dead for supporting united Pakistan in 1971.
As per details, the resolution was presented by Federal Minister for Defence Production Rana Tanveer Hussain which was unanimously passed by the house.
The minister showed concerns over the execution of Islamic leaders in the resolution.
Speaking on this occasion, Railway Minister Saad Rafique said the execution of JI Bangladesh leaders is shameful act for Pakistanis.
This is not the problem of a single party but it is the problem of as ideology, he said.
It is pertinent to mention here that, Motiur Rahman Nizami was executed at Dhaka Central Jail in the first hour of Wednesday. A controversial war crimes tribunal gave him the death sentence.
“The executive order to carry on with his execution was sent to the prison after the Jamaat-e-Islami chief had chosen not beg the president to have mercy on him,” Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal told the media
Police have cordoned off the area outside the prison gate at Old Dhaka’s Nazimuddin Road as crowds gathered to protest against the execution. He was the fifth JI leader executed by the controversial war crimes tribunal in Bangladesh.
Security had been heightened around the prison premises since Tuesday afternoon with additional police, RAB along with plainclothesmen roaming the area.
He sought a review after the Supreme Court upheld the maximum sentence on Jan 6 this year but the petition was dismissed last week.
