Mir Quasem was the infamous pro-Pakistan Al-Badr militia’s third most important figure. Pakistan has said it was “deeply saddened” by Bangladesh’s execution of Jamaat-e-Islami leader Mir Quasem Ali and alleged that he was hanged after a conviction “through a flawed judicial process”. “Pakistan is deeply saddened over the execution of the prominent leader of Jamat-e-Islami, Bangladesh, Mir Quasem Ali, for the alleged crimes committed before December 1971, through a flawed judicial process,” a Pakistan Foreign Office statement said. “The act of suppressing the Opposition, through flawed trials, is completely against the spirit of democracy. Mir Quasem was the infamous pro-Pakistan Al-Badr militia’s third most important figure.

Source: The Hindu September 04, 2016 06:56 UTC