Unpunished war criminals
Mian Tufail Mohammad, the former chief of Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan (JIP), died in Lahore on June 25. From 1966 to 1972 Tufail was the West Pakistan chief, while Golam Azam in East Pakistan and Abul Aala Maududi (died in 1979) was the all Pakistan chief of JIP. In the name of Islam, these top JIP leaders were directly involved and played a key role in the heinous war crimes of the Pakistan Army in 1971.
Immediately after the defeat and surrender of Pakistan Army in Bangladesh, they helped the Al-Badr criminals to settle in Pakistan, the Middle East and the West, and launched a worldwide anti- Bangladesh propaganda.
In the late '70s and '80s with the help of a certain quarter in Pakistan, Tufail reorganised Al-Badr and raised several other jihadi groups for Kashmir (India), Afghanistan and other central Asian countries.
Also, these jihadi groups killed thousands of Muhajir/ Bihari (Indian refugees in Pakistan) youths and Shias in many places in Pakistan.
It is a great disappointment to see top war criminals escaping justice.
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