Bharat Rakshak

list of Pakistani soldiers, who are believed to have committed war crimes in 1971, has been prepared by the International War Crimes Mass Trial Movement (IWCMTM).
The organisation, formed while the trials of Bangladeshi collaborators were underway, placed the list containing 200 names at a press conference on Tuesday.

The organisation has received more information, he said. “More lists will be made public after verifying the information.”
Sixty-eight army men named in the list have been accused of planning war crimes and leading their execution.
Charges of genocide, rape, looting and arson have been levelled against 118. Another 14 have been accused of committing genocide on a massive scale.
The list names a lieutenant general, five major generals, five colonels, 20 brigadiers, 39 lieutenant colonels, 45 captains, 81 majors, two lieutenants, three air force personnel and three Navy personnel.

Falijee wrote:Bangladesh Lists 200 Pak Army Officers For War Crimes In 1971 Including Six Generals, Twenty Brigadiers And Thirty Nine Lt.Colonels

list of Pakistani soldiers, who are believed to have committed war crimes in 1971, has been prepared by the International War Crimes Mass Trial Movement (IWCMTM).
The organisation, formed while the trials of Bangladeshi collaborators were underway, placed the list containing 200 names at a press conference on Tuesday.

"Naming and shaming" policy being implemented by BD

The organisation has received more information, he said. “More lists will be made public after verifying the information.”
Sixty-eight army men named in the list have been accused of planning war crimes and leading their execution.
Charges of genocide, rape, looting and arson have been levelled against 118. Another 14 have been accused of committing genocide on a massive scale.
The list names a lieutenant general, five major generals, five colonels, 20 brigadiers, 39 lieutenant colonels, 45 captains, 81 majors, two lieutenants, three air force personnel and three Navy personnel.

The above could well be the reason for the latest tit-for-tat standoff between the Paki Foreign Office and its Bangladesh counterpart

ramana wrote:Falijee, Can we find and post the list of Paki War criminals wanted by Bangla Desh?
LAter can have thread to show their addresses etc., in GDF.

Falijee wrote:Ramana-ji : link to the list, as asked by you ; hope it suffices for your purposes

List Of 200 Pakistani Army Officers

Bangladesh trials violate international law

ISLAMABAD (Staff Report) – Bangladesh war crimes trials violate various provisions of international human rights treaties, according to a Pakistan’s leading legal think-tank.

n a legal workshop organised at Serena hotel by the Research Society of International Law (RSIL), president Ahmer Bilal Soofi gave a slide presentation introducing the audience to the legislation enacted in Bangladesh over a period of time, under which the present trials are being conducted.
These included the Collaborators (Special Tribunals) Order 1972, International Crimes (Tribunal) Act, 1973 (as amended in 2009) and various provisions of the Bangladesh Constitution.

Mr Soofi highlighted that the Tripartite Agreement 1974 was an agreement of non-prosecution and that pursuant to same, all prisoners of war were repatriated to Pakistan, including the 195 suspects. “Therefore, in the spirit of reconciliation embodied in the Tripartite Agreement, Bangladesh, as a state, gave up its right to try war crimes in 1971. As a follow-up, Bangladesh also repealed the 1972 Collaborators Order,” said Mr Soofi.

...he said tribunals were granted a separate procedural charter in which there were glaring flaws, from a human rights perspective,” he added.

He further pointed out that the Bangladesh law created space for introducing hearsay evidence, something unheard of in criminal trials anywhere in the world.
“The trial procedure and practice is in direct violation of Articles 9, 6 and 14 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), a convention to which Bangladesh is also a State Party. Therefore, there is an obligation on Bangladesh to comply with the same,” he highlighted.

The workshop was attended by a large number of academics, diplomats, law students and eminent members of civil society. Ashtar Ausaf Ali, Special Assistant to Prime Minister, was the special guest at the occasion.
During the discussion, Dr Shireen Mazari raised the concern as to why this issue has not been raised by the Foreign Ministry so far. She further stated that, given the inherent strength of the issue, it must be brought to the notice of international community by Pakistan(Does the Paki society "feel confident" of bringing this "ugly matter " to the attention of the world ).

Abdullah Gul stated that people in Bangladesh and in Pakistan are both followers of Quaid-e-Azam due to which they should find a way to improve their relations.

DHAKA – Bangladesh’s State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shahriar Alam on Sunday urged the government of Pakistan to not ‘interfere’ in the ‘internal affairs’ of the South Asian nation, The Daily Star newspaper reported.

He made the statement after Pakistan expressed concern over the dismissal of Jamaat-e-Islami chief Moti ur Rahman Nizami’s review plea against the death sentence in ‘war crimes.’ He also requested Pakistan to “stop misinterpreting” the tripartite agreement signed by Bangladesh, India and Pakistan in 1974.

“We are disappointed with Pakistan’s reaction. We never welcome anyone interfering in our internal issues,” Alam said.“Despite repeated reminders, they are still doing it. They keep saying they are saddened by the verdict. But those being tried are Bangladeshi citizens after all,” he said.

The state minister pointed out that the 1974 tripartite agreement stated that the 195 Pakistanis who were repatriated to Pakistan would be given immunity but it did not mention anywhere that Bangladesh nationals involved in ‘war crimes’ would not be tried.

“I find this a serious issue, as these ‘war criminals’ are trying to assure their future generation with the notion that Pakistan as a state will be by their sides. Otherwise, why is Pakistan so saddened by Nizami’s death penalty,” he questioned.

A statement released by Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Islamabad called Nizami’s trial controversial. “We are concerned over Supreme Court of Bangladesh’s verdict that rejected Jamaat-e-Islami leader’s petition to review his death penalty,” it said.

The statement also read that they were following the reactions of world communities and human rights organisations over the ‘war crimes’ trial. On May 5, the Supreme Court dismissed Nizami’s petition to review his death penalty handed down to him for Jamaat’s opposition to the separation movement in 1971.