Pakistan’s parliament passes a unanimous resolution expressing “concern” and condemns the hanging of war criminal Motiur Rahman Nizami. Sidewise, the country’s foreign ministry issues a statement voicing sadness over the execution. It also terms the execution “unfortunate.”

On March 25, 1971, armed with tanks, mortars and armoured vehicles a Pakistani military convoy picked up Professor Jyotirmoy Guhathakurta, the then provost of Jagannath Hall, after cordoning off the entire Dhaka University campus with tanks, mortars and armed vehicles.

In a flurry of outrageous remarks, BNP leader Goyeshwar Chandra Roy on Friday described the 1971 martyred intellectuals as "anti-