Convicted war criminal and Jamaat-e-Islami leader Mir Quasem Ali on Sunday filed a petition for reviewing the Supreme Court’s verdict upholding his death sentence.They filed an application to Supreme Court to review the verdict of Mir Quasem, said Mir Ahmed Bin Quasem, son of Mir Quasem.Earlier, Mir Quasem’s lawyers met him at Gazipur’s Kashimpur prison on Saturday where he (Mir Quasem) told his lawyers to initiate the process of a plea seeking a review of the verdict.Mir Quasem was the Al-Badr’s third most important functionary after Jamaat-e-Islami chief Motiur Rahman Nizami and Secretary General Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mujahid.Bangladesh has executed both Nizami and Mujahid for 1971 war crimes.Mir Quasem, a terror during 1971 in Chittagong, has proved to be a shrewd businessman and politician.The 63-year old media tycoon pumped billions into the Jamaat since the mid-1980s to put it on a firm financial footing in Bangladesh.Police arrested him on Jun 17, 2012 from the office of `Naya Diganta` newspaper less than two hours after the tribunal had issued a warrant for his arrest.In 2014, the International Crimes Tribunal found him guilty and awarded the death penalty. He challenged the verdict and in March this year, the Supreme Court upheld his death sentence.The 244-page full verdict was released on June 6, when the tribunal issued the warrant and sent it to the Dhaka Central Jail authorities, which was read out to Mir Quasem the next day.