Mir Quasem, Jamaat’s chief financier, did not seek presidential pardon after his review petition against his death sentence was rejected on Tuesday. Jamaat-e-Islami Executive Council member Mir Quasem Ali was arrested on Sunday from Naya Diganta newspaper office in the capital on charges of crimes against humanity during the 1971 War of Independence. Mir Quasem appealed to overturn the verdict while his defence claimed he was in capital Dhaka when the atrocities were committed. He filed a review petition as he was still to die for the murder of Jashim. Mir Quasem’s review petition filed took the longest to dispose, almost twice the time taken to resolve pleas filed by other war criminals before him.

Source: bd News24 September 03, 2016 16:43 UTC