‘Pakistan admires Bangladesh development, but BNP could not see’

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has said that although Pakistan admires the development of Bangladesh, the opposition could not see the development as they [BNP] see darkness in the daylight.

Quader, also road transport and bridges minister, made this comment while addressing a press briefing organized at the Awami League president Sheikh Hasina's political office at Dhanmondi on Friday.

Calling the BNP leaders to take real true lesson from a recent speech made by Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, the Al general secretary said Pakistani premier feels shame when he see the progress and height of Bangladesh.

“Once East Pakistan, now Bangladesh, was a burden to them ...but now it has made a lot of progress and I feel shame to see such development", said Quader quoting Pakistani PM as saying.

BNP usually makes propaganda, so there is a lot of real true lesson for BNP to take from the statement made by the Pakistani Prime Minister, he added.

Awami League Joint General Secretary AFM Bahauddin Nasim, Organizing Secretaries BM Mozammel Huq, Mirza Azam, Afzal Hossen and Sujit Roy Nandi, Health Affairs Secretary Dr Rokeya Sultana, Cultural Affairs Secretary Ashim Kumar Ukil, Deputy Office secretary Sayem Khan and executive member Shahabuddin Farazi, among others, present at the press conference.