Ameer of Jamaat-e-Islami Syed Munawwar Hasan. PHOTO: MUHAMMAD JAVAID
Jamaat-e-Islami lashed out at Pakistan’s permanent envoy in United Nations Masood Ahmed Khan for his remarks to Dhaka’s envoy calling the sentences handed down against war crimes an ‘internal matter’.
“According to the prevailing rules the tribunals are neither courts of law nor have any legal or ethical justification. Additionally, when Awami League government is being unjust there is room to react and comment on it at an international level. Moreover, human rights and right of justice are not national issues, rather, according to UN charter it is an issue of international association,” Ameer of Jamaat-e-Islami Syed Munawwar Hasan said.
He added that Pakistan is directly affected by this issue as it runs with reference to the united Pakistan and it is addressed to the state.
He further stated that Pakistan’s foreign ministry and envoys were not above the Parliament and were bound to represent the wishes of the people of Pakistan.
Published in The Express Tribune, January 23rd, 2014.
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Maulana seems to be fearful after looking the destiny of himself and his party .
Our 1971 Genocide forced the East Pakistanis to separate and establish a separate country. Now they are no longer Pakistanis. Let us forget what is happening there now, and fix the problems occurring here.
At least some one in Pakistan has shown the civil courage to condemn what needs to be condemned! The Pakisttan permanent bob at the UN should be recalled and rebuked by the Foreign office for his out of place remarks. It is not upto the civil servants to criticise the parliamentarins.
Rex Minor
Look who is talking about human rights
Maulana has lost his credibility among Pakistanis by giving unpatriotic and irresponsible statements against the defenders of our borders. Maulana please take a break, you have missed the bus of credibility.
Why is JI not demanding their patron Saudi King and UAE to condemn Bangladesh govt? Why only Pakistan is interested in indulging in internal affairs of other countries? These are the same JI leaders who cheered the hanging of first elected PM of Pakistan now all of a sudden they are against hanging of an unelected leader of a foreign country!