1971 Bangladesh & Pakistan: Lets Debate History, Law and Politics
#Bangladesh officially "strongly" protests #Pakistan NA resolution & political comments on Mollah execution http://t.co/3y93TqyFvG #Genocide
— Shah Ali Farhad (@shah_farhad) December 17, 2013
@shah_farhad well u should not. 1stly, its against freedom of speech. 2ndly, its against mutual agreement b/w 3 countries over 1971 War.
— Junaid Waheed (@junaid_waheed) December 18, 2013
@junaid_waheed U need law & history lessons. I'll start with law. Freedom of speech is not an absolute right anywhere in the world.
— Shah Ali Farhad (@shah_farhad) December 18, 2013
@junaid_waheed There are restrictions to what can be said by any1. 2nd, the tripartite agreement U'r referring to, u need some info on that
— Shah Ali Farhad (@shah_farhad) December 18, 2013
@junaid_waheed That agreement never gave up #Bangladesh's right to prosecute war criminals of 1971. We handed over 195 POWS 2 Pak for trials
— Shah Ali Farhad (@shah_farhad) December 18, 2013
@junaid_waheed Which Pakistan has conveniently failed to do ever since. Hence, #Bangladesh is fully within rights to condemn the resolution
— Shah Ali Farhad (@shah_farhad) December 18, 2013
@shah_farhad off course, u have the right to condemn a mere resolution. 1/2
— Junaid Waheed (@junaid_waheed) December 18, 2013
@shah_farhad 2/2 but if a humanitarian crisis is considered then #StrandedPakistanis & people like Mollah should be weighed together.
— Junaid Waheed (@junaid_waheed) December 18, 2013
@shah_farhad if #Bangladesh considers Mollah & #IJB in its internal context then it must use that same prism to look at #StrandedPakistanis.
— Junaid Waheed (@junaid_waheed) December 18, 2013
@shah_farhad & suspend diplomatic relations with #Pakistan for all i care, but don't attack our embassy dammit.
— Junaid Waheed (@junaid_waheed) December 18, 2013
@junaid_waheed Extra security measures taken around embassy, & staffs residences. Pak diplomats are more safe here than they are in Pakistan
— Shah Ali Farhad (@shah_farhad) December 18, 2013
@junaid_waheed Your embassy has not been attacked. There was a protest in front of it (while under security) which is a democratic practise
— Shah Ali Farhad (@shah_farhad) December 18, 2013
@junaid_waheed Whilst talking of #StrandedPakistanis, I hope as a Pakistani U do know that its your gov which has refused 2 take them in?
— Shah Ali Farhad (@shah_farhad) December 18, 2013
@shah_farhad yes, it wanted to initially but there r internal risks involved. 1/2
— Junaid Waheed (@junaid_waheed) December 18, 2013
@shah_farhad 2/2 as u know its not nationalism that created Bangladesh,it was Pakistan's failure to have diverse ethnic culture.
— Junaid Waheed (@junaid_waheed) December 18, 2013
@shah_farhad anyway,since Pakistan's nt supposed 2 intrfre in Bangladesh's intrnal matters,thn it shd resolve #StrandedPakistanis case itslf
— Junaid Waheed (@junaid_waheed) December 18, 2013
@junaid_waheed And we have done it. In 2003 a Bangladesh High Court ruled that 10 Biharis were entitled to citizenship and voting rights.
— Shah Ali Farhad (@shah_farhad) December 18, 2013
@junaid_waheed In 2008 the HC ruled 150,000 Biharis, who were minors at time of war, could b given citizenship in Bangladesh & voting rights
— Shah Ali Farhad (@shah_farhad) December 18, 2013
@junaid_waheed This was extended to those Bihari born since the war, giving them a path to citizenship rights in Bangladesh. We pay our dues
— Shah Ali Farhad (@shah_farhad) December 18, 2013
@shah_farhad yes i know that one, but don't they still live in worst economic condition?
— Junaid Waheed (@junaid_waheed) December 18, 2013
@junaid_waheed They are I admit in the backward sections of society. But U must admit thats not our fault.
— Shah Ali Farhad (@shah_farhad) December 18, 2013
@junaid_waheed If Pakistan would have told us before that they wouldn't want their own back, BD could have arranged a perm solution earlier
— Shah Ali Farhad (@shah_farhad) December 18, 2013
@shah_farhad current govt was eager to take them back 14 yrs ago, but sadly today dynamics have changed.
— Junaid Waheed (@junaid_waheed) December 18, 2013
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