Dhaka, Mar 6 : Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said that her government has come up with a plan to ensure better life for ‘Stranded Pakistanis’ (Biharis) on humanitarian grounds, despite the fact that they had chosen to go to Pakistan after independence of Bangladesh in 1971, BSS reported. She said that Biharis wanted to go to Pakistan and take Pakistani citizenship after independence of Bangladesh, but Pakistan never accepted them. “Several generations of Biharis were born after 1971 and we want to see human beings as human beings. Biharis are very diligent and they have the skills to do various types of jobs,” added the Prime Minister. She said Biharis were living in Bangladesh with their children and grandchildren and they were leading an inhumane life in a small place in Geneva Camps. The government wanted to arrange good accommodation for them and engage them in jobs for which they have skills. The government was working to create employment opport ties for them, so that they could lead better lives, she added. The ‘Stranded Bihari’ comm ty in Bangladesh refers to the non-Bengali speaking Muslims, who came to the then East Pakistan after partition of India in 1947, mostly from Bihar. Later during the 1971 liberation war of Bangladesh, many of Urdu-speaking Biharis supported the Pakistani Army, leading to long-standing distrust and stigma after Bangladesh became independent in 1971. They wanted to go to Pakistan after Bangladesh became Independent, but remained stranded due to the reluctance of Pakistan to take them back. They were accommodated in makeshift camps in the country’s 13 districts. Capital city Dhaka alone accommodates more than one lakh Biharis in resettlement camps. Geneva Camp is the largest of such camps in Dhaka. MAZ RJ