Posts Tagged ‘ east pakistan ’

The Hamood-ur-Rehman Commission Report | A Review

By M.A.
Dec 2012

Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto had only been in power for one week, when he asked the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Justice Hamood-ur-Rehman, to investigate “the circumstances in which the Commander, Eastern command, surrendered”, “laid down their arms” and ordered “a ceasefire”. Of the 12 copies submitted by Hamood-ur-Rehman, all but one was destroyed....
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Part III: Two Wings Without A Body

Dec 2012
March 15, 1971. Unarmed rickshaw pullers. West Pakistani soliders massacre East Pakistanis (Bangladeshis).

This is the third of a multi-part series “Waiting for a Real Reckoning on 1971″ by Naeem Mohaiemen. Part I | Part II Partition resulted in the creation of two Pakistans, and from the beginning relationships between the two wings were strained and distant. At many key junctures after 1947, the attitude of the...
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