Pakistani flags burnt

Anti-Pakistan protestors have set alight Pakistani flags in Chittagong and Bogra to protest against Pakistan’s interference in the execution of war crimes convict Abdul Quader Molla.

News Deskbdnews24.com
Published : 18 Dec 2013, 01:06 PM
Updated : 18 Dec 2013, 05:45 PM

Bangladesh on Tuesday strongly protested Pakistan adopting resolutions expressing concern over the Jamaat-e-Islami leader's execution.

Jamaat leader Molla, infamously known as the 'butcher of Mirpur' for his Liberation War-time atrocities, was hanged on Dec 12.

Pakistan had been demonstrating since the execution of Molla. On Monday, the Pakistan national and provincial assemblies adopted the resolutions moved by Pakisan Jamaat-e-Islami.

Bangladesh foreign ministry summoned Pakistan High Commissioner Mian Afrasiab Mehdi Hashmi Qureshi on Tuesday evening and "strongly protested against" Islamabad's move.

Ganajagaran Mancha marched towards the Pakistani High Commission in Gulshan on Wednesday.

People in various districts also staged anti-Pakistan demonstrations and burnt effigies of Pakistan’s Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan and Pakistani cricketer-turned politician Imran Khan for their concern over Quader Molla’s execution.

In Chittagong, a platform of citizens under the banner ‘Jege Otho Bangladesh’ set fire to Pakistani flag and burnt the effigy of Pakistan interior minister in front of Cheragi intersection.

They demanded of the government to break diplomatic ties with Pakistan.

Activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League Chittagong University unit set alight Pakistani flag on the university campus.

In Bogra ‘Nagorik Samaj’ set fire to a Pakisani flag in the city’s Satmatha intersection.

Our Jamalpur correspondent adds Jamalpur Ganajagaran Mancha burnt the effigy of Imran Khan at Dayamoyi intersection.