Re: Pakistan Army…the real custodian of Pakistan!
What the heck are you talking about? Ayub’s peak was before the 1965 war where there were no protests on roads and economy was booming. Here, bhutto played a masterstroke by first prodding ayub as a hawk like we have here in the good ole US of A to launch operation gibraltor and then spread lies after tashkent that Pakistan had won millions of square miles that ayub personally squandered in the agreement. Lets not forget that he somehow was anti-dictatorship but was also in the UN ripping up the polish resolution for ceasefire in 1971 but more on that later.
Notwithstanding his stand on the nuclear program of Pakistan, his other policies left a lot to be desired. His quota system and nationalization destroyed one of the few good things of the ayub era (economy) while he released the jinn of religious extremism by banning qadyanis in 1973. Was that the military’s fault too?
Coming to 1970-71, Yahya to his credit did conduct the fairest election to date in Pakistan. Bhutto, instead of working democratically with other parties to come up with solution, put fuel on the fire by calling bengalis suwar ka bachcha and called people who talked to bengalis traitors and other slogans like I’ll break their legs if they go to meet mujib. All for what? Just because the feudal wouldn’t be able to rule all of Pakistan. Mujib gave him a way out when he suggested that east and west pakistan would pretty much be independent where a federal govt would only be responsible for defence, communications and foreign policy. Bhutto still could’ve been the PM of west pakistan but wadera saeen was upset that how dare a dhoti wala bengali be on the same table as him?
Why didn’t bhutto take a stand for democracy and told yahya to open the assembly on time in Dhaka? He sure was able to flex his muscles when Pakistan was finally broken up to force Yahya out when the President still wanted to stay in power. His services to democracy is the reason that we never set up a democratic culture in Pakistan. He never could understand that it will all bite him in the ass when he used ISI to spy on all his opponents.