Bangladesh: Journos urge UN for action against Pakistan

Journalist leaders today urged the United Nations to take steps against Pakistan for its reaction over the execution of war criminal Abdul Quader Mollah.

Leaders of Bangladesh Federal Union of Journalists (BFUJ) and Dhaka Union of Journalists (DUJ) also expressed solidarity with the 20-hour ultimatum of the Gonojagoron Mancha, known for spearheading a youth movement for trying suspected war criminals.

Gonojagoron Mancha, known for spearheading a youth movement for trying suspected war criminals, yesterday issued a 20-hour ultimatum to the government to suspend diplomatic ties with Pakistan until the country sought Bangladesh’s pardon for its stance over the execution of Jamaat leader Mollah.

The Shahbagh youths issued the ultimatum to the government to suspend diplomatic ties with Pakistan until the country sought Bangladesh’s pardon for its stance over the execution of Jamaat leader Mollah. “The United Nations should take steps against Pakistan for adopting the resolution in its National Assembly,” said journalist Iqbal Sobhan Chowdhury, also the prime minister’s media adviser.

Addressing a protest rally in front of the Jatiya Press Club, Iqbal Sobhan also asked the main opposition to clear its stance against the Pakistan NA resolution.

He also asked the Pakistan high commissioner in Dhaka to apologise for his country’s reaction against the Bangladesh’s internal affair or leave the country closing the embassy here.

Manjurul Ahsan Bulbul, president of BFUJ, also echoed Iqbal Sobhan.

Pointing to the Pakistan high commissioner in Dhaka Afrasiab Mehdi Hashmi Qureshi, Bulbul said, “Taking the shelter of the Jamaat you want to hatch conspiracy against Bangladesh even while you are staying here? I warn you that people of the country won’t tolerate it. You better shut down your embassy and leave the country,” he stated. The seasoned journalist also thanked the Pakistani journalists as well as people who protested the resolution over the execution of the war criminal.

Omar Faruque, president of the DUJ, also condemned Pakistan’s reaction and said, “When the nations across the world are praising Bangladesh for the execution, only Pakistan reacts in shelter of Jamaat.”