That's exactly what I was trying to point out. The younger generation of Pakistan should be made aware of the crimes committed by the elites of former West Pakistan and its military, crimes that Pakistan has long tried to conceal from its people.
This is evident from many of the posts in this thread, where some have attempted to portray that bloody war as a conspiracy orchestrated by Mujib and India. In reality, it was the West Pakistani establishment that killed hundreds of thousands of unarmed civilians in an attempt to prevent Mujib from governing all of Pakistan after his democratic victory. It was expected though, as Mujib's leadership would have brought an end to the exploitation of Bangladeshis by West Pakistan that had continued for two decades.
However, don't get me wrong. I have nothing against ordinary Pakistanis. In fact, I find many of them to be tolerant and progressive unlike the resident Jamatis who are always conspiring against our nation. The issue is that most Pakistanis were never allowed to learn the full truth about those events.
That is precisely the point of this thread-to acknowledge the truth and build a new relationship from the ground up. Most of those who were directly responsible for the bloodshed r no longer alive. Recognizing the past honestly is the first step toward moving forward.
Most Pakistanis know what happened, our military/leadership failed us, their decisions backfired and it cost us half of Pakistan, but we also understand it was a very complex situation. The actual fight started way before 1971 about Bangali rights, language, one unit state, resources, power. Gen Yahya wanted one unit meanwhile Mujiber Rehman and Fatima Jinnah wanted regional autonomousy/continuity of the federal state. The doucebags in power wanted more control, it was also true many political leaders were collaborating with RAW, as proven after 1971 since they became pro India, Indian Modi also admitted they liberated Bangladesh and supported Mukti Bahni, Indian direct involvement.
Modi on 1971
Modi has explicitly referred to Indian forces fighting together with the Mukti Bahini. In a 2021 message, he wrote: "Together, we fought and defeated oppressive forces," referring to Bangladeshis and Indian armed forces.
The politicians always play dirty politics and do propaganda, this is what was done, Mujiber Rehman betrayed Pakistan no doubt, he used grievances to divide Pakistan, he himself was Pakistani and destroyed the state, if he had small sincerity he would have kept East Pakistan as the name since Bangladeshi people were Pakistanis and they created Pakistan too, maybe later on worked towards a union type of state with more power.
Ofcourse all wasnt his fault, western Pakistan elite wanted total control and this was what he was against, he wanted Federation, autonomousy, more power for East Pakistan. But after 1971 it maybe possible he was playing politics and only wanted to divide Pakistan.
We must remember Pakistan was a new weak state and it faced many issues, corruption, power hungry leadership etc. Look at Bangladesh today, according to you I assume Hasina is the legitimate ruler, so does this mean BAL can start rebellion, form militias to attack Bangladesh army, if you try this they will crush you, and yes 10,000s will die in the process, the same way Hasina crushed her opponents, did that mean Bangladeshi people have a right to form militant organisations or collaborate with enemies to break up Bangladesh?. Mujiber Rehman after coming to power formed Jatiya Rakkhi Bahini, according to sources within Bangladesh The Jatiya Rakkhi Bahini was accused of widespread human-rights abuses, including extrajudicial killings. Estimates of the number of deaths attributed to the force vary greatly, ranging from a few thousand in conservative estimates to tens of thousands in claims made by some political opponents.
Does this mean he committed genocide, Bangladesh people should have formed militant organisation to fight him, you see when you place yourself in that situation everything changes.
The unfortunate fact is the people of Pakistan pre 1971 fell for the propaganda, hatred and corrupt and powerful hungry people destroyed us, made us fight and kill each other. Normal citizens of both nations are hurt by what happened.
To move forward both nations need to form independent truth commission, whoever did the mistakes should be exposed, and Pakistan should then officially apologise to the Bangladeshi people, for the military operations, for killing any innocent people or human rights violations, and Bangladesh must also apologise for killings Biharis, rebellion against own army, collaboration with India. We can then move on.
