BNP sees darkness in daylight: Quader

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Friday said BNP always sees darkness in the daylight and that's why they could not see the development of the country.

"Although Pakistan admires the development of Bangladesh, the opposition could not see the development as they [BNP] see darkness in the daylight", he said.

Quader, also Road Transport and Bridges minister, made this comment while addressing a press briefing organised at the Awami League president Sheikh Hasina's political office at Dhanmondi on Friday afternoon, reports BSS.

Calling the BNP leaders to take real lessons from a recent speech made by Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, the Al general secretary said the Pakistani premier feels shame when he sees 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 ashamed to see such development," said Quader quoting the Pakistani PM as saying.

BNP usually makes propaganda, so there is a lot of real truth for BNP to take from the statement made by the Pakistani prime minister, he added.

Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif lauded the economic development of Bangladesh in his address at a view exchange meeting with the representatives of the business community at the residence of the chief minister of Sindh province in Karachi on Thursday.

"They feel shame now to see the economic growth of Bangladesh while 'East Pakistan' was thought a burden for Pakistan. But they [East Pakistan now Bangladesh] have made surprising progress in industrial growth," said Shehbaz Sharif in his address.

Highlighting the current conflicting situation across the world, the AL general secretary said, "We are watching with concern that the Russia-Ukraine and Israel-Palestine-Hamas conflict has overheated the global situation."

Israeli prime minister has launched an aggressive attack ignoring the global opinion, he added.

Under the circumstances, Quader said "Our leader Sheikh Hasina has taken a strict position against the war. She called upon the world leaders to stand against all kinds of aggression and to say 'no' to wars", he said.

Awami League Joint General Secretary AFM Bahauddin Nasim, Organising 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.