Bangladesh, Pak govts urged to resolve issues of citizenship
They threatened to go for a tougher movement, if any positive decision is not taken in the Saarc Summit.
They were speaking at the press conference organised by the SPYRM at the National Press Club in the city.
For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel. "Those who opted for Pakistan have partially been repatriated and the remaining ones died, but the new generation of the Urdu speaking community are absolutely Bangladeshi citizens," SPYRM General Secretary Syed Ali Bablu said while reading out the key note paper.
The nationality of the stranded Pakistanis has so far not been cancelled by any law or order of the country, he asserted.
Bablu also demanded of the government to resume suspended relief distribution in the camps of Stranded Pakistanis across the country.
"Our forefathers wanted to go to Pakistan, but we, the new generation, never want it," SPYRM President Sadakat Khan said.
The two generations of stranded Pakistanis in the country have been destroyed as Pakistan government has been keeping the problem unsettled, SPYRM chief advisor Mustaq Ahmed said.
SPYRM leaders Sahab Uddin and Hazi Mokbul were also present at the press conference.