List of 261 Pakistani war criminals released

A list of Pakistan army officers including General Yahya Khan, who are believed to have committed war crimes in 1971, has been released by the Information Search Committee of the International War Crimes Mass Trial Movement (IWCMTM).

Bir Bikram Mahbub Uddin Ahmed, convener of the search committee, on Thursday revealed this at a press conference at Dhaka Reporters Unity in the capital’s Segunbagicha.

The list names 43 of senior Pakistani general, major general, brigadier and lieutenant colonel.

Shipping Minister and convener of IWCMTM Shahjahan Khan said, “Now, we will hand over the list to Abdul Hannan Khan, convener of the Investigation agency of International War Crimes Tribunal.”