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...
1971.03.13, Newspaper (Time), Yahya Khan
General Yayha on his way to E Pakistan Karachi, March 12– President Yahya Khan arrived here today, presumably on his way to Dacca for talks with Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, whose de facto control of East Pakistan threatens to tear the country apart. No details of the...
1971.12.14, Country (Pakistan), Newspaper (Hindustan Standard), Wars
Priests on Pak Army Atrocities in Jessore JESSORE, DEC 13. “The Indian troops are great – They behave a lot better than the Americans when they entered Italy during World War II” a cheerful Italian missionary told newsmen yesterday. The Pakistanis...
1971.12.11, Newspaper (Hindustan Standard), Niazi
The general fled leaving his map in the jeep SILIGURI, DEC. 10.- The marked map which was found in the jeep abandoned by Major General Nazir Hussain Shah, GOC of the Pakistani Army, contained a wealth of information, according to a top Indian Army officer here,...
1971.07.27, Newspaper (Hindustan Standard), Tikka Khan
Tikka Khan admits blowing up of bridge NEW DELHI, JULY 26- East Bengal Government, Lt. Gen. Tikka Khan, yesterday admitted that the Jhena Bati railway bridge in Comilla district had been dynamited by the Mukti Fauj recently, report agencies. He visited the site of the...
1971.09.04, Country (India), Country (Pakistan), Newspaper (Hindustan Standard), UN
‘Pindi asks UN to ascertain number of DPs in India UNITED NATIONS, Sept. 3 – Pakistan has asked the United Nations to find out how many people fled East Bengal during and after the recent civil war there. Pakistan claims that only about two million have left...
