A group of students has marked Independence Day with a rare event in Savar, inviting the public to express their hatred for 1971 war criminals and the Pakistani military by hurling shoes at their caricatures. The symbolic protest, held outside the National Memorial premises, featured a banner fastened to a roadside bus depicting the faces of those involved in the 1971 genocide, including high-ranking Pakistani army officials. “From Yahya Khan to Munir [the current Pakistani army chief], every general has followed the same path,” said one organiser. This isn’t just about individual moral failure, it is the state policy of the Pakistani military institution,” he added. It is against the entire Pakistani structure that has spent over fifty years disregarding the blood of our martyrs,” he said.

Source: bd News24 March 26, 2026 14:12 UTC