Summary Parliamentarians term Motiur Rehman's execution a 'judicial murder'.
ISLAMABAD (Web Desk) - The National Assembly resumed its session in Islamabad today (Wednesday) with Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq in the chair.
On points of order, Sahibzada Tariqullah, Shaista Pervaiz and Shah Mahmood Qureshi condemned the execution of Jamaat-e-Islami leader in Bangladesh Motiur Rahman Nizami.
They said that the execution was a violation of agreement signed among Bangladesh, India and Pakistan in 1974. They were of the view that the execution is a judicial murder and violation of human rights.
Mahmood Khan Achakzai proposed that a parliamentary committee should be formed which will visit Bangladesh in coordination with the Foreign Office for talk on the issue.
Jamaat-e-Islami party president Motiur Rahman Nizami was hanged at Dhaka’s Central Jail late Tuesday, after the top court upheld his death sentence for alleged involvement in massacre of intellectuals during the 1971 war.
At the outset of the proceedings, the National Assembly offered Fateha for the departed soul.
Later, the opposition staged walkout from the House saying they will not sit in the House till the presence of the Prime Minister.
The chair suspended the proceedings of the House due to lack of quorum pointed out by Hamidul Haq Khalil of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI).
