Pakistan's grief over Molla

 


He said the Jamaat leader was undoubtedly hanged “because of his loyalty and solidarity with Pakistan in 1971”.

“Till the very end before creation of Bangladesh, he (Molla) remained a supporter of a united Pakistan and today every Pakistani is saddened and grieved by his death,” he said in a statement, reports Dawn.

The Pakistan interior minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan has expressed “deep grief” and concern over the execution of Jamaat leader Abdul Quader Molla.
He said abiding by the demand of international relations, solidarity of international Islamic community and wisdom, conditions and events of the past should be put behind, starting a new era.

“But with this unfortunate incident, an effort is made to revive old wounds of the past.”