Re: 1971 War
Go through Hamood u Rehman commission report. I read some where that as per the report, ‘only 26000 Bnegalis were killed and Mujib was not able to prove 200,000 rapes’. But why then this report remained a forbidden tree in Pakistan for decades. Lets have a look at summary:
just few extracts:
After analysing the evidence brought before the Commission, we came to the conclusion that the process of moral degeneration among the senior ranks of the Armed Forces was set in motion by their involvement in Martial Law duties in 1958, that these tendencies reappeared and were, in fact, intensified when Martial Law was imposed in the country once again in March 1969 by General Yahya Khan, and that** there was indeed substance in the allegations that a considerable number of senior Army Officers had not only indulged in large scale acquisition of lands and houses and other commercial activities, but had also adopted highly immoral and licentious ways of life which seriously affected their professional capabilities and their qualities of leadership.**
Isn’t that quite familiar? saare raqbe tumhare liye hain… To hell with Ayesha Siddiqa for blaming our heroes in her book ‘Military Inc.’.
There is evidence to the effect that civilian shops and stores were broken into by the troops without preparing any record of what was taken and from where. This appears to us to be the genesis of the looting alleged to have been indulged in by the Army in East Pakistan. Lt. Gen Niazi, remarks [were] quoted by us in an earlier chapter, viz: "what have I been hearing about shortage of rations? Are not there any cows and goats in this country? This is enemy territory. Get what you want. This is what we used to do in Burma." (vide Maj Gen Farman Ali’s Evidence).
How dare bhooke nange bengalis to not provide ration?
(1) Lt. Gen A.A.K. NiaziIt is for the Government to decide whether these matters should also form the subject of any inquiry or trial which may have to be ultimately held against this officer .
O bhai mere Yahya ke taranon pe konsi pabandi lagi thi, jo Niazi ke nazranon pe court martial ho? pabandi to Tagore ke naghmon per thi.