Dhaka: Former Pakistan diplomat Hussain Haqqani has said that the founding father of Bangladesh Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujbur Rahmani A formal apology to Pakistan for the tragedy inflicted on the people of Bangladesh in the lead up to the 1971 Liberation War.
“Everyone supports the idea that collective forgiveness helps heal wounds and enables nations to heal past wrongs,” Haqqani said, according to the Daily Start.
Hussein Haqqani is now Senior Fellow and Director for South and Central Asia at the Hudson Institute in Washington.
Earlier, Pakistan’s former ambassador to the US was addressing the closing ceremony of the World Peace Conference held in Dhaka on 4-5 December.
Hussain Haqqani described Bangabandhu as one of the greatest political leaders of South Asia and people of secular orientation in Pakistan also regard him as a hero of South Asia who in fact advocated human rights, justice and democracy. . According to the Daily Star, his life was synonymous with Bengali nationalism.
“Bangabandh spent a fifth of his life in prison, adding that he was arrested 22 times by Pakistani rulers,” he said.
Hussain Haqqani further mentioned that Bangladesh is one of the fastest growing economies in the world and is better than its South Asian peers in terms of women empowerment and literacy, maternal and neonatal mortality.
“It was possible because of the vision of Bangabandhu and his worthy daughter, Sheikh Hasina, the Prime Minister of Bangladesh today,” he said.
“Everyone supports the idea that collective forgiveness helps heal wounds and enables nations to heal past wrongs,” Haqqani said, according to the Daily Start.
Hussein Haqqani is now Senior Fellow and Director for South and Central Asia at the Hudson Institute in Washington.
Earlier, Pakistan’s former ambassador to the US was addressing the closing ceremony of the World Peace Conference held in Dhaka on 4-5 December.
Hussain Haqqani described Bangabandhu as one of the greatest political leaders of South Asia and people of secular orientation in Pakistan also regard him as a hero of South Asia who in fact advocated human rights, justice and democracy. . According to the Daily Star, his life was synonymous with Bengali nationalism.
“Bangabandh spent a fifth of his life in prison, adding that he was arrested 22 times by Pakistani rulers,” he said.
Hussain Haqqani further mentioned that Bangladesh is one of the fastest growing economies in the world and is better than its South Asian peers in terms of women empowerment and literacy, maternal and neonatal mortality.
“It was possible because of the vision of Bangabandhu and his worthy daughter, Sheikh Hasina, the Prime Minister of Bangladesh today,” he said.
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