1971.03.16, District (Dhaka), Newspaper (Guardian), Yahya Khan
Machine Gun Guard On Yahya In Dacca Martin Adeney Dacca, March 15. President Yahya Khan drove onto Dacca today. behind half a dozen military trucks with machine guns leveled, to try to solve the constitutional crisis. For a fortnight this has caused East and West...
1971.06.13, Newspaper (Sunday Times), Yahya Khan
The Politics Explained: Why Yahya Sent in The Troops Pakistan, the predominantly Muslim nation which resulted from the partition of the British Raj in 1947, consists of two separate territories, divided by a thousand miles of India. West Pakistan (main city Karachi)...
1971.03.17, Country (England), Newspaper (Guardian)
Hawks – Win The Day In London By Our Foreign Staff There is some evidence that President Yahya Khan went to Dacca to keep Sheikh Mujibur Rahman talking while reinforcements made their way to East Pakistan and while Bengalis holding key positions in West Pakistan...
1971.03.17, Country (Pakistan), Newspaper (Telegraph)
‘Package Deal’ to Preserve Unity of Pakistan Kenneth Clarke Karachi. President Yahya Khan’s visit to Dacca, in Pakistan’s east wing, is seen in Karachi as the last chance of preserving the unity of the nation. After a weekend of comings and goings at...
1971.03.22, District (Dhaka), Newspaper (Time), Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
Troops train guns on angry Bengalis as Mr Bhutto arrives for Dacca talks From Peter Hazelburst Karachi, March 21 Mr. Z. A. Bhutto, the leader of West Pakistan, met President Yahya Khan in the East Pakistan capital of Dacca tonight for crucial talks on the...
1971.03.06, Country (Pakistan), Newspaper (Observer), Yahya Khan
Pakistan: Yahya Will Use Army To Prevent Break-Up Cyril Dunn Decision taken today in the decayed city of Dacca, capital of East Pakistan and the turbulent center of Bengali nationalism, could lead to civil war. In that event, the Muslim State of Pakistan might well be...
1971.03.09, Newspaper (Times), Political Steps of Bangabandhu, Yahya Khan
Shaikh’s tough terms for President Yahiya The two provinces of East and West Pakistan drifted further down the path towards separation over the weekend after leaders of both wings outlined almost impossible preconditions for constitutional negotiations....
1971.03.10, Country (Pakistan), Newspaper (Telegraph)
The End Of The Old Pakistan David Loshak Dacca. Jinnah’s concept of a nation dedicated to Islam – fathered out of India’s independence, born of the tumult of partition, brought hobbling by a generation of inept politicians and blinkered generals to a...
1971.03.12, Newspaper (Guardian), Yahya Khan
Yahya Tries To Stop Split S. R. Ghauri Karachi, March 11, Fast President Yahya Khan has made yet another effort to prevent a violent split between the two wings of Pakistan by proposing urgent discussions between himself and Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the leader of the...
1971.03.12, Country (Pakistan), Newspaper (Statesman)
Divided Pakistan Francis Hope When a political bomb goes off, the world wonders why peace endured so long. East Pakistan, like Northern Ireland, has been an anomaly for years. But it was a quiet anomaly. Now it seems surprising, even miraculously, that it ever...
