Areesh
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You are quoting exactly the same round figures over over again..which shows that they were made up one Pakistani authour and reprinted by other Pakistani authours as it is.There is no break down..of figures for army.. Navy..airforce.Armies do not deploy in round figures.. shows the author of these figures does not know the exact numbers ..is just giving his own number.
I just gave you the official figures from the official sources
Let me do it again since being an Indian you are feeling it hard to let go off your childhood told myth
More forces were brought in to cope with the crisis and Lt Gen A. A. K. Niazi, Commander of the Eastern Command in 1971 from April to December, wrote: 'The total fighting strength available to me was forty-five thousand 34,000 from the army, plus 11,000 from CAF and West Pakistan civilian police and armed non-combatants'. Out of the 34,000 regular troops, 23,000 were infantry, the rest being armour, artillery, engineers, signals and other ancillary units. How did 34,000 army personnel plus 11,000 civilian police and other armed personnel, a total of 45,000 men, more than double into '93,000 soldiers' who were reported taken prisoner by India in December?”
Myths and Realities – 1971
December 16, 1971 does not bring good memories for Pakistanis; it is the date we lost half of our country. Since 1971, a lot has been published, questions have been raised, politician and military personalities have been blamed and that continues to happen even today. According to the...
www.hilal.gov.pk
There is no break down..of figures for army.. Navy..airforce.
Pakistan only had 1 squadron of PAF sabers at the time of December 1971 along with few gun boats of PN
So at best the number for these two sister arms is not more than 2000
So in total we have less than 50000 combatants showing 93000 is just another bhartati lie