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Source- Eurasia Review Author- Syed Badrul Ahsan / South Asia Mirror Pakistan’s politicians are quite a sight these days: they are hopping mad; they are huffing and puffing. They simply have no idea what to do about Bangladesh. After all, the sovereign nation which was once their eastern province, has had the audacity to send their ageing, Bengali-speaking loyalists to the gallows one after the other. These five men who have faced justice have not merely been proven to have committed crimes against humanity in 1971. In a larger way – and that is why Pakistanis like Sartaj Aziz have gone apoplectic – the evidence against the five collaborators is also a clear reflection once again of the guilt of the state of Pakistan itself. The war crimes trials remind Sartaj Aziz of the crimes committed by the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, in the name of Islam, in Bangladesh. The discomfort is palpable. Of course we have always known that. Pakistan’s leaders and people have also known

Image credits- Wikimedia Commons Source- Eurasia Review Author- Rupak Bhatacharjee Bangladesh is again at the crossroads. The bitter power rivalry and acrimonious relations between the supreme leaders of the two contending parties — Awami League (AL) and Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), have resurfaced in the polity after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s completion of one year in office. BNP-sponsored indefinite blockades and frequent bomb attacks on public vehicles have made life miserable and people from all walks of life now want to see Bangladesh free from the stranglehold of squabbling politicians. Despite the AL government’s imposition of restrictions on street demonstrations and mass gatherings, violent agitations and blockades have claimed more than 60 lives since Jan 5. In a significant development on Jan 25, Bangladesh police registered a criminal case against BNP chief Khaleda Zia for instigating a deadly bomb attack on a passenger bus on Jan 23 in the cap