BANGALEE DIPLOMAT RENOUNCES TIES WITH PAKISTAN REGIME
The 28 year old vice consul of Pakistan in the US renounced his ties with the Pakistani government today, saying he would not serve a government killing our own people .
With his 20‐year‐old wife at his side, AH Mahmoud Ali read a statement at a news conference pledging allegiance to the Bangladesh government. He announced that he and his wife were asking the United States for political asylum. An official of the United States Immigration and Naturalization Service said that the request would be considered.
Mahmoud Ali was the first member of the Pakistani foreign service in the United States to come out in support of the Bangladesh independence movement.