Pakistan will have to apologise to the folks of Bangladesh for committing over the top atrocities all over the 1971 struggle, International Minister AK Abdul Momen mentioned right here on Saturday, cautioning that an apology would act as a guiding gentle for long run governments in Islamabad in opposition to committing such abominable acts.
Addressing the International Provider Academy in Dhaka accrued for the 52nd Independence Day, Momen mentioned Pakistan will have to be “ashamed” for now not apologising for the atrocities it dedicated in opposition to Bengalis in 1971, the Dhaka Tribune newspaper reported.
“On the time, Pakistan’s army dedicated heinous crimes and genocide. Even stories from the Pakistani govt say their torture used to be over the top They violated all nationwide and global human rights rules,” the minister mentioned.
The federal government in Islamabad might someday years once more devote the similar errors, if it does now not recognise the errors it made in 1971, Momen mentioned.
He expressed hope that the following era of Pakistan will come ahead and apologise for his or her ancestor’s crimes.
The struggle broke out after the unexpected crackdown at nighttime on March 25, 1971 within the erstwhile East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) by way of the Pakistani troops and ended on December 16. The similar yr Pakistan conceded defeat and unconditionally surrendered in Dhaka to the allied forces comprising the liberty combatants and the Indian squaddies. Formally 3 million folks had been killed all over the nine-month lengthy struggle.
On March 26, 1971, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman had proclaimed Bangladesh’s independence.
On Saturday, the Independence Day programmes had been led by way of his daughter and Top Minister Sheikh Hasina who paid homage on the Nationwide Martyrs’ Monument in Dhaka.
Later, she laid a wreath on her father Mujibur Rahman’s mural reverse the Bangabandhu Memorial Museum at Dhanmondi.
At the instance, Hasina unveiled a commemorative postage stamp of 10 taka.
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