Bangladesh-Pakistan relations: hostage to a traumatic past |
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| Authors: | Zahid Shahab Ahmed Musharaf Zahoor |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalization, Deakin University, Burwood, VIC, Australia;2. Centre for International Peace and Stability, National University of Sciences and Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan |
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| Abstract: | Bangladesh-Pakistan relations reached a low point in December 2013 when the International Crimes Tribunal of Bangladesh convicted nine persons of war crimes pertaining to Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971, and imposed a death sentence on senior Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami leader Abdul Quader Molla. This paper examines the trials in connection to their impact on Bangladesh-Pakistan relations. The analysis in this paper shows that the traumatic break of East and West Pakistan continues to haunt bilateral relations and now has spill-over effects on South Asian regionalism. It also argues that the Awami League-India nexus is another historically persistent factor precluding better Dhaka-Islamabad relations. |
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| Keywords: | Bangladesh Pakistan Jamaat-e-Islami Awami League |
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