Soon after the court started hearing prosecution’s arguments around 9:30am, Alam said defence lawyer’s arguments on the charges brought against Nizami were not acceptable as the International Crimes Tribunal-1 has properly delivered the verdict.

On December 2, the principal lawyer for 75-year-old Jamaat-e-Islami chief Nizami appealed to the court to commute his death sentence to life imprisonment considering his old age and illness if he is found guilty of committing crimes against humanity committed during the Liberation War.