Bangladesh jail authorities have asked family members to meet death row war criminal Motiur Rahman Nizami, raising speculation that the Islamist party chief might be executed Tuesday night.
Bangladesh's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has summoned Pakistan High Commissioner in Dhaka Shuja Alam to lodge a formal protest over the statement issued by his country on an apex court verdict that paves the way for execution of the country's largest Islamist party chief Motiur Rahman Nizami.
A two-day nationwide shutdown called by Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami began on Sunday morning in protest of an apex court verdict that upheld death penalty for the Islamist party's chief for 1971 war crimes.
Bangladesh's top court on Wednesday upheld the death sentence on the leader of the largest Islamist party for crimes during the country's 1971 independence struggle, paving the way for his execution within months.
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