Bangladesh is amending law to put Jamaat-e-Islami on trial for suspected war crimes, Law Minister Anisul Huq has said.
But the bill will be tabled in Parliament when the government wants, he told the House on Monday.
Jamaat came out strongly in support of a united and non-secular Pakistan in 1971.
The High Court in 2013 cancelled the party’s registration with the Election Commission.
Law ministry officials say Jamaat can be outlawed if it is tried and convicted of war crimes.
But at present, the International Crimes Tribunal Act only allows trying individuals on war crimes charges.
Most of the war crimes convicts are from Jamaat.
Responding to a question, Minister Huq said: “The amendment draft of International Crimes Tribunal Act to outlaw the Jamaat and its fronts is with the Cabinet.
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