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Bangladesh can try Pakistan army for 1971 genocide: Law minister

Well problem with Bangladesh is they are highly diverse society. They have atheist, seculars, Nationalist, Hindus and Muslims. Now a days unfortunately Muslims are no where near power. So seculars and atheist are usually giving these type of statements. It would be like Asma jahangir, marvi sarmad and Hassan nisar suddenly made ministers of Pakistan without check of Pakistan Army. What they will do to the country currently what is happening. And you probably don't know currently Bangladesh itself is facing huge terrorism unrest in their own country to add salts to their wounds. But they still wanna act tough

I disagree. Most of these people are so called your "muslim brethren". If Marvi sarmad, hassan nisar, Asma jahangir, etc become ministers they will still bash Pakistan. Can't compare.

What is pakistan benifitting by having relations with that insignificant land? Imo, Pakistan should cut all relations and create a team whose job is just to slap these bengali ministers once they open their mouth for "wanna be rape by Pakistan" or other nonsense. Treat them just like Turkeye treat Armenians.
 
No we will send our commandos to capture and bring those bad culprit to Bangladesh.

Too much rice consumption can cause severe constipation...don't let shitty gases reach to you brain to cause brain farts here on PDF...!
 
Instead of crying about it on this forum go and support your fellow ministers to bring the Pakistani soliders to justice..
Lol
 
Do you understand basic mathematical concepts like "compound growth"?
If what you say is true then China would never have started catching up with the US in total GDP.

Latest GDP/capita figures for BD and Pakistan put both countries roughly on the same level at 1500 US dollars.
With BD GDP/capita growing at 6% a year compared to 3% for Pakistan, we need only wait another decade to see a substantial advantage for BD in living standards. And before you start talking about how CPEC will change your fortunes, BD is also likely to get an acceleration of it's growth due to huge improvements in infrastructure(helped by 20 billion by China and 5 billion from India which looks likely now) and the setting up of over 100 EPZs.

An independent BD that is not subsiding Pakistan anymore is able to use it's own resources to grow itself and the results are now there for all to see.

Ok that great. No go build an independent country instead of worshiping India.

Our GDP is already 250 billion.Look for 2017 IMF data.


Madhupur forest.It sound interesting,When did you came? Was it related to your work?
Bhai no not work although sadly in Mudhipur forest the Christians have a foothold with the tribals. Giving them good and education in exchange for Christianity. I went there with my wife who made a film on tribal people.
BD was amazing as were the people I came across.
 
Fail to understand why BD govt singing anti Pak mantra time after time. On opposite side they welcome Pakistani investor, where Pakistanies made billions of rupees investment in BD garment sector etc. If they are making Indian happy, then good for them. Pakistan has no business in BD after 71. Good to have land distance rather next to each other.
 
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So the Bengali defence policy is to present your asss to India until 2030 and hope they dont roughly take you from behind!:coffee:

India is 8 times larger in population than BD and had a 24 year head start in development(due to a certain country of course).

It does not have any designs to invade BD but is pushing it's weight around, and will soon learn that
BD is large enough that it can be truly sovereign in it's neighbourhood.
 
India is 8 times larger in population than BD and had a 24 year head start in development(due to a certain country of course).

It does not have any designs to invade BD but is pushing it's weight around, and will soon learn that
BD is large enough that it can be truly sovereign in it's neighbourhood.


Funny.

Third worlders.

China is 20 times bigger than France, and yet while France could sail its aircraft carriers more than 60 years ago, China has yet to have a working aircraft carrier. Not needing to talk about sub surface ballistic missile, ICBM, Airbus, high speed rail and mass transit, environment, oil gas exploration, autonomous vehicles, fighter jets, recon satellites, submarines diesel electric and nuclear powered.

India is 8 times bigger than your country?

So are you its equal in per capita terms? In defence, military, science, technology, economy, outbound FDI, forex, highly cited papers in sci-tech areas, mind blowing scientific inventions or discoveries, high tech products ?

I would say, you are probably not at half of poor India's level, per capita in most crucial indicators.
 
Was operation search light essential?

April 2, 2017

Dr Junaid Ahmed


Operation Search Light’ (OSL) was launched by Pakistan army to counter the insurgency and lawlessness in East Pakistan started early March 1971. Why it became essential needs to be understood in the backdrop of situation prevailing in that part of the country.On 1st March, when the National Assembly meeting was postponed third time by Yahya Khan, Mujib ur Rehman called for province-wide strike and agitation, thus, formally launched assault against united Pakistan. Sarmila Bose, in her book, Dead Reckoning, reports; “Within one hour of Yahya’s announcement 50,000 to 60,000 people, carrying bamboo sticks and iron rods, jammed all the roads in front of Hotel Purbani. They burnt the Pakistan Flag and picture of Jinnah too, and there were slogans and processions, and shops, restaurants and cinemas owned by non-Bengalis were looted and burnt”.

L F Rushbrook Williams, in his book, The East Pakistan Tragedy, published in 1972, gives a detailed chronological account of atrocities of Awami League (AL). He reports; “On March 1, AL militants looted and burned many shops and houses and raided the Narayanganj Rifle Club. On March 2, two firearms shops were looted and arms taken to an arsenal which was being started in Jagnath Hall (Dhaka University). On March 3, mob violence spread to other parts of Dhaka, particularly Islampur, Patnakhali Bazar, and Nawabpur. Shops, private houses belonging to non-supporters of AL and business premises were looted and set on fire, where 5 were killed and 62 were wounded. On the night of March 5-6, militants tried to set fire the British Council premises, and on 6 March, there was a jailbreak of 341 prisoners from the Central Prison. The escaped prisoners joined AL and shouted Anti-Pakistan slogans”.

In his speech of 7 March, held at Racecourse, Mujib unveiled his design by calling for civil disobedience and armed resistance against Islamabad. “Make every house into a fortress and fight the enemy with whatever they had. The struggle now is the struggle for our emancipation; the struggle now is the struggle for our independence.” He called for closure of all government offices, educational institutions, courts and organized Revolutionary Councils in each district and union council. Anthony Mascarenhas in his book, The Rape of Bangladesh, published in 1971, writes; “Huge crowd gathered to hear Mujib at the Racecourse, they brought with them a variety of weapons – shotguns, swords, home-made spears, bamboo poles and iron rods”.

Sarmila Bose reports; “Anti-Foreigners violence increased in Dhaka during this period. On 12 March two bombs exploded at the US Consulate and one of the attackers fired a revolver. More shots were fired at the Consulate on 15 March. Molotov cocktails were thrown at American Consulate building and the Intercontinental Hotel on 19 March. Bombs were also thrown at the Dhaka Club, the British Council, American Life Insurance Company and American Express”. Likewise, she also reports about the attacks and blockade against the army. She writes; “Food and fuel supplies were blocked and shops and local markets would not sell the army anything. There was no fresh food – no fish, meat, vegetables or even milk for infants. The army’s movement was disrupted, and army personnel were attacked and their weapons snatched. Some of these encounters turned deadly”.

In all of East Pakistan, non-Bengalis continued to be the unarmed prey of Awami League terrorists, their homes and shops were looted and later burnt, their women folk and young girls were raped, killed and their bodies were mutilated and dumped. The final nail in the coffin of political reconciliation was struck by Mujib, when he declared 23rd March (Pakistan’s Resolution Day) as the ‘Resistance Day’. Meanwhile, the general strike in East Pakistan became a non-cooperative and violent movement. Awami League was in-charge of the all anti-Pakistan terror campaign and was operating a parallel government and Mujib was issuing orders like a de facto ruler.

LF Rushbrook Williams, in his book, The East Pakistan Tragedy, further writes; “The widespread and inhuman massacre of men, women and children by AL militants during their brief reign of terror in March and April 1971 aroused comparatively little attention throughout the world. Yet it was true genocide in the worst sense of the word. No pen could do justice to their ghastly nature as shown by the photographs taken by the Army authorities. Rooms ceiling splashed with blood and carpeted with corpses; pariah dogs and crows feeding on the dead; men, women and even small children hurriedly shoveled into graves; bloodstained dolls and toys pathetically testifying to the fate of their baby owners – these were some of the sights which the Army met when at length they overcame the obstacles of blocked roads, blown-up bridges, and the water-transport destroyed”.

The army acted only when Pakistan flag was burnt, public and private property was destroyed and plundered, unarmed civilians were slaughtered and raped and when Indian trained AL terrorists tried to take over the state affairs. It was early hours of 25 March, when army started its crackdown against AL and as a result the very next day, Maj Ziaur Rehman via radio proclaimed ‘Peoples Republic of Bangladesh’. Such an announcement clearly demonstrates the mindset of AL and its allies. Operation SL was exploited by AL to evoke separatist emotions within Bengalis and thus it also provided ground for direct Indian intervention. The incompetence of political elite within West Pakistan further alienated the people of East Pakistan.

The military objectives of OSL as stated by the Army HQ were “to seal off the borders, to create conditions for creating a civilian setup, to regain administration of the province, to accommodate non-radical elements of the elected representatives into a new political arrangement”. The short-term objectives were; disarming all Bengali troops, arrest the AL leadership, impose Martial Law, take over airfields and Chittagong Naval Base, ensure security of towns, cut off communication links of East Pakistan and to take over Radio, TV Stations. Army had clear orders to rescue and not target civilians at any cost.

After understanding the military objectives of the Operation, any individual with little understanding of military operational mechanism would agree that the Operation was entirely targeted to curb AL-led reign of terror. OSL was the last resort, as negotiations had failed and law and order situation kept deteriorating.

— The author, Chairman of National Management Consultants, is based in Karachi.

http://pakobserver.net/was-operation-search-light-essential/
 

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