Pakistan, Bangladesh Summon Envoys Over Execution of Islamist Leader

Pakistan and Bangladesh have summoned each others’ diplomats as tensions between them rose following Wednesday's execution of a Bangladeshi Islamic political party leader, accused of committing crimes during the country’s 1971 war of independence against Pakistan. Pakistan's Foreign Ministry called in the top Bangladeshi diplomat in Islamabad to give him a unanimously passed parliament resolution condemning the execution of Motiur Rahman Nizami. Shortly after, Bangladesh...

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