Jamaat hartal makes no impact on city life

31 August 2016, 04:32 AM

UPDATED 31 August 2016, 22:01 PM

Star Online Report

Vehicles remain stuck in the morning rush hours at Banglamotor intersection in Dhaka during Jamaat-e-Islami enforced countrywide dawn-to-duck hartal (shutdown) on Thursday, August 31, 2016. Photo: Prabir Das

Jamaat-e-Islami-enforced dawn-to-dusk hartal (shutdown) has no impact on daily life of people.
The hartal has been called to protest a Supreme Court verdict yesterday that rejected a review petition of war criminal Mir Quasem Ali, clearing way to proceed with his execution.
There was no report of any untoward incident in Dhaka or other parts of the country during the hartal.
Traffic flow on all major roads and streets in the capital were seen like any other day. Private cars, CNG-run auto-rickshaws and public transports including buses were seen plying the streets in large numbers.
Many prominent intersections of Dhaka were clogged by vehicles in today’s rush hours.
Jamaat's acting Secretary General Dr Shafiqur Rahman declared the strike -- commenced at 6:00am -- in a statement posted on the party's website yesterday, soon after the judgment was delivered by the SC.

The death warrant to condemned war criminal Mir Quasem Ali is read out by prison authorities at Kashimpur Central Jail-2 in Gazipur on Tuesday, June 7, 2016.

The statement claimed that Quasem has been a victim of the government's "conspiracy" and he has been "deprived of justice".
Ambulance, fire service, hospital vehicles, the press and other emergency services were left out of the purview of the hartal in the statement.
Bringing a six-year legal battle to a close, the SC yesterday dismissed war criminal Mir Quasem Ali's petition for reviewing its judgment that upheld his death penalty for committing crimes against humanity in 1971.