1971.03.29, Country (Pakistan), Newspaper (Guardian)
Will Pakistan Fall Apart? Pakistan is pitching towards political chaos at a truly frightening speed; and bad luck compounds bad judgment. On one hand there is renewed confrontation with India over Kashmir hijacking which provokes war nerves, bellicose rhetoric and...
1971.03.29, Newspaper (Guardian), Yahya Khan
Yahya Has Taken A Move For Autonomy And Made it Into A Revolution Peter Preston There have always been two views of Yahya Khan. Either he was what he professed: a gruff and straight-forward Pathan soldier – pear-shaped, sunk in his cups of an evening, eager to...
1971.03.29, Newspaper (Guardian), Political Steps of Bangabandhu
Why Mujib’s Bid For Freedom Failed Martin Adeney who has just returned from Dacca. in the background to the talks that turned into a civil war By its sledgehammer attack on a largely unarmed population in the name of “One Pakistan ” the military Government...
1971.03.29, Country (India), Newspaper (Telegraph)
East Wing Sealed off Killing on a mass scale is underway in East Pakistan, caught in the grip of a vicious civil war, according to all available indications from the province, which is now virtually sealed off from the outside world. Diplomatic sources which still...
1971.03.29, Newspaper (Telegraph)
‘No Mercy’ in Pakistan Fighting ‘Peace restored,’ West claims West pakistan troops tightened the Army grip on the Eastern province yesterday after a weekend in which many hundreds of civilians were reported to have been killed. Our Staff Correspondent in...
1971.03.26, District (Dhaka), Newspaper (Time)
Shots in Dacca as E Pakistan drifts nearer to secession From Peter Hazelhurst Karachi, March 25 Pakistan Plunged headlong on towards political chaos, violence and secession today when it became obvious that President Yahya Khan’s courageous attempts to end the...
1971.03.26, District (Dhaka), Newspaper (Time)
Dacca talks fail Pakistan today appeared to have plunged deeper into crisis with the breakdown of the talks between President Yahya Khan and the East Pakistan leader, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. Evidently the talks failed when Sheikh Mujib who has been ruling East Pakistan...
1971.03.27, Country (Pakistan), Newspaper (Guardian)
Tragedy In Pakistan (Editorial) Pakistan’s civil war has finally erupted, and in the worst possible circumstances. While the two sides kept talking some hopes of compromise remained. But troop reinforcements arrived with suspicious speed by boat after the talks...
1971.03.27, Newspaper (Time), Political Steps of Bangabandhu
Heavy fighting as Shaikh Mujibur declares E Pakistan independent Civil war raged in the eastern region of Pakistan last night after the provincial leader, Shaikh Mujibur Rahman, had proclaimed the region an independent republic. President Yahya Khan outlawed the...
1971.03.27, Newspaper (Times), Political Steps of Bangabandhu
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, now faces the crisis he has always feared The Making of A Martyr Paul Martin Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the East Pakistan leader who has called on his people to stand united against the Pakistan military regime, is a symbol of resistance. The...
