The Jamaat-e-Islami has called a countrywide strike for Thursday in protest against its top leader Mir Quasem Ali's death sentence for war crimes.
Published : 02 Nov 2014, 12:14 PM
The International Crimes Tribunal-2, headed by Justice Obaidul Hassan, sentenced him to hang till death on Sunday, nearly six months after the case was wrapped up.
The party said in a statement that the 24-hour shutdown would start from 6am Thursday.