Bangladesh honours 13 Pakistanis for 1971 support
Courtesy: Zee News
Dhaka: Bangladesh on Sunday honoured 13 “Pakistani friends” for their outstanding moral support during its nine-month long liberation war, 42 years after they defied risks of persecution by the then military junta.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina handed them over the honour at a state ceremony along with 56 others at the Bangabandhu International Conference Centre while the first group of recipients of the Pakistani ‘Friends of Liberation War Honour’ included politicians, rights activists, poets and journalists.
“It was very difficult to protest against genocide and demand freedom of Bangabandhu staying inside the ring of Pakistani military,” Shariar Kabir, one of the members of the committee which was tasked to name the 1971 foreign friends told PTI.
Hope such recognition brings the hearts of these two war torn nations together and allow the citizens to leave the past behind. All this can be only achieved if the true culprits of the ’71 crises are identified and punished so these war criminals or their organizations are not to repeat any crises in the future!
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