[Dhaka Tribune] Pakistain has denied its involvement in crimes and atrocities during the Liberation War of Bangladesh in 1971.It yesterday summoned the acting Bangladesh high commissioner in Islamabad to convey its rejection of what it said "baseless and unfounded assertions" of Bangladesh against Pakistain.
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"It is regrettable that attempts have been made by the government of Bangladesh to malign Pakistain, despite our ardent desire to develop brotherly relations with Bangladesh," the Pakistain Foreign Ministry said in a statement issued yesterday.
On November 23, Bangladesh had summoned Pakistain High Commisionner in Dhaka Shuja Alam and formally protested a Pakistain Foreign Ministry statement issued after the execution of war criminals Salauddin Quader Chowdhury and Ali Ahsan Mohammad Muzahid.
The Bangladesh high commissioner was summoned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said a blurb of the Pakistain Foreign Ministry.
Pakistain believes that the peoples of both countries not only want to maintain but also further strengthen the bonds of friendship and brotherhood. However,
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sadly, the government of Bangladesh does not seem to respect these sentiments, said the release.
Pakistain reiterates its desire for further enhancing relations with Bangladesh, because it believes that the hearts of the people of Pakistain beat in unison with the people of Bangladesh.
It is important for the two countries not to forget the role played by their people in the struggle for the establishment of a separate homeland for the Muslims of the South Asian sub-continent. It is, therefore, imperative to move forward in the spirit of goodwill, friendship and harmony for the collective good of the peoples of Pakistain and Bangladesh.
The statement claimed that the 1974 tripartite agreement is the bedrock of relations between the two countries.
As regards the Bangladesh government's contention that Pakistain presents a misleading interpretation of the Agreement of 1974, it needs to be emphasised that, as part of the agreement, the government of Bangladesh had "decided not to proceed with the trials as an act of clemency."