PESHAWAR, Dec 13: The Jamaat-i-Islami leaders and activists gathered at Al-Markaz-i-Islami here on Friday and offered ghaibana namaz-i-janaza (funeral prayer in absentia) of Jamaat leader Abdul Qader Mullah, who was hanged in Bangladesh on Thursday.

The JI activists and other people also held a protest demonstration on GT Road and shouted slogans against the government of Bangladesh.

The protestors, holding banners and posters inscribed with slogans against the execution of Bangladesh’s Jamaat leader, were led by Khyber Pakhtunkhwa JI chief Prof Mohammad Ibrahim, central deputy chief Sirajul Haq and provincial general secretary Shabir Ahmed.

Prof Ibrahim said that the JI leader in Bangladesh had been given the capital punishment for the reason that he loved Pakistan and its people. He said that hanging of a political figure was un-Islamic and against all norms of democracy.

He demanded registration of FIR against Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her party for executing a leader of the opposition.

LAKKI MARWAT: Jamaat-i-Islami here on Friday condemned the execution of Qader Mullah in Bangladesh and asked the government of Pakistan to lodge a strong protest over it.

In this regard a protest meeting was held here which was chaired by Lakki JI chief Sabz Ali Naveed. The speakers said that Qader Mullah was hanged to death because he was loyal to Pakistan and supported Pakistan army during the 1971 war.

They urged the government of Pakistan to take the matter to the International Court of Justice. They said that execution of Qader Mullah was against the principles of justice. They said that trying political opponents for war crimes by Bangladesh government was condemnable.

The JI activists asked the government to sever ties with Bangladesh and call back its ambassador to the country.

MANSEHRA: The Jamaat-i-Islami activists here also held a rally to protest against the execution of Qader Mullah.

“It is unfortunate that a pro-Pakistan JI leader was executed by the Bangladesh government, but our rulers and political leaders didn’t even condemn his extrajudicial killing,” said JI district Younus Khattak while speaking at the rally.

The protesters also raised slogans against the government of Bangladesh.