Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa has said that the tragedy of East Pakistan was not a military. But a political failure. “General Qamar Javed Bajwa | Was the Tragedy of East Pakistan really a Political Failure?”
Speaking at the ceremony at GHQ. Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa said that I want to correct some facts related to 1971. 1971 was not a military but a political failure. Our army fought very bravely in East Pakistan.
The Army Chief said that today I want to talk about a topic that people usually avoid talking about. This topic is related to the performance of our army in former East Pakistan in 1971. I want to correct some facts in this regard.
He said that the number of fighting soldiers was not 92 thousand but only 34 thousand. 34 thousand people were against 2.5 lakh Indian army and 2 lakh Trend Mukti Bahini.
At the time when the East Pakistan tragedy happened, the Army Chief was General Yahya Khan. Who was also the President of Pakistan. The East Pakistan tragedy happened after the 1970 elections when Sheikh Mujib got 160 seats and Bhutto got 80 seats, after which a power struggle arose. It happened because Bhutto claimed that he got majority from 4 provinces while Sheikh Mujib got majority from East Pakistan only.
General Qamar Javed Bajwa | Was the Tragedy of East Pakistan really a Political Failure?
General Yahya Khan supported Bhutto, after which the country fell into disarray, India took advantage of it to start a war with Pakistan, but General Yahya was drowned in alcohol and Shabab parties and East Pakistan separated and became Bangladesh.
In this regard, Usman Manzoor said that the army was in power for 13 years from 1958 to 1971 and carried out military operations in East Pakistan. All political and military decisions were made by the army itself. The country was divided into two but the failure was not of the army.
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Kamran Khan commented that this part of General Bajwa’s farewell address will be a topic of discussion for a long time, in which he declared that the army and not the politicians were responsible for the fall of East Pakistan. General Bajwa also scolded the nation in the former East Pakistan. The sacrifices and martyrdoms of the army were forgot.
Journalist Adnan Adil said that the killing of Liaquat Ali Khan stopped the national construction of the nascent state. The artificial defeat of Fatima Jinnah created alienation from the center in East Pakistan. The country was divideddue to non-recognition of Mujibur Rahman’s mandate. Zulfiqar Bhutto, Benazir Bhutto’s murder weakened Sindh’s relationship with the Federation. Learn a lesson!
General Qamar Javed Bajwa | Was the Tragedy of East Pakistan really a Political Failure?
Shafa Yousafzai said that Sheikh Mujibur Rahman won 160 seats and Bhutto won only 80. Who should have ruled the country? Should someone come from outside the country to protect the public opinion? Why was a politician allow to trample public opinion when the defenders were watching as the country was going to split into two?
Khurram Iqbal commented that the tragedy of East Pakistan was a political failure, General Bajwa in his last address washed away the stain on the army.
Salman Durrani asked whether Bilawal will answer the accusation against his grandfather in 1971?
A social media user commented that surely if General Yahya had run military affairs instead of politics at that time, the tragedy of East Pakistan would not have happened.
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