The Dhaka Times Desk Pakistan will apologize to Bangladesh for its actions during the 1971 liberation war. Pakistan's influential journalist Hamid Mir has made this claim.
Pakistan's influential journalist Hamid Mir has claimed that Pakistan will apologize to Bangladesh due to its actions during the liberation war in 1971. According to Hamid Mir, a bill in this regard will be raised in the Parliament of Pakistan within the next few months. Several ministers of the government told him that. Hamid Mir revealed this information in an interview given to Ekatar Television last Monday.
In the interview, Hamid Mir also said, 'Pakistan will apologize to Bangladesh for the actions of Ektar. Bills will be raised in both houses of Parliament in this regard.' Several ministers of the Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz)-led government told him so. Apart from this, the common people of Pakistan and many influential members of the ruling party are also in favor of the ongoing trial of crimes against humanity in Bangladesh. Hamid Mir said that Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has also taken a positive stance in favor of this trial.
Pakistan's Geo News Executive Editor Hamid Mir has always termed Pakistan's role in 1971 as a mistake. Hamid Mir also called on Pakistan to apologize to Bangladesh several times for this.
Recently, Pakistan's Interior Minister Chowdhury Nisar Ali has again joined the trial of crimes against humanity in Bangladesh. He was angered by the death sentence of Jamaat's Amir Matiur Rahman Nizami by the International Criminal Tribunal. In response to this verdict, he said, 'Pakistan cannot ignore what is happening in Bangladesh in any way. Leaders like Nizami worked only for the integrity of Pakistan in 1971. Earlier also he questioned the prosecution of crimes against humanity.
When attention was drawn to Nisar Ali's comment, Hamid Mir said that it is completely the personal comment of the Home Minister (Nisar Ali), not the government's or any official opinion.
Hamid Mir also claimed in that interview that Pakistan's Defense Minister Khawaja Asif and Information Minister Pervez Rashid are in favor of anti-humanity trials. The Pakistani journalist commented that Prime Minister Nawaz is also in favor of justice.
It is to be noted that Hamid Mir came to Bangladesh before and strongly criticized what Pakistani forces did in Bangladesh in 1971 and called for an apology from Bangladesh.
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