Amid a diplomatic row with Bangladesh, Pakistan today expressed its "deep sadness" over the execution of chief of fundamentalist Jamaat-e-Islami Motiur Rahman Nizami, saying his "only sin" was upholding the Constitution and laws of Pakistan.


"Pakistan is deeply saddened over the hanging of the Ameer of Jamat-e-Islami Bangladesh, Mr. Moti-ur-Rehman Nizami, for the alleged crimes committed before December, 1971," Foreign Office (FO) said in a statement. "His only sin was upholding the constitution and laws of Pakistan," the statement added. It said that "the act of suppressing the opposition by killing their leaders through flawed trials is completely against the spirit of democracy".


"The execution is also unfortunate for the people of Bangladesh who had elected Mr. Nizami as their representative in the Parliament," it said.