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Jamaat calls 24-hr shutdown for Thursday

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.

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Published : 02 Nov 2014, 02:38 PM

Updated : 23 Apr 2022, 03:23 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.

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