@bongbang I am not one of those Pakistanis who tries to cover up or belittle the atrocities us combined as west Pakistanis did on poor Bengalis. It is the blackest chapter in Pakistani history and many Pakistanis today acknowledge it as such.
But where is the justice in punishing an 80+ man for actions he may have taken part in in a time when the country was ethnically charged. Is there any solid proof he was a criminal or is it just circumstantial evidence. Lets not allow hate and an ignoble past to govern us. Also the hanging has taken place more than 40 years after the events took place. Why so late and doesn't it raise question marks about the due process? Pakistanis, most of us have no hard feelings with Bangladeshis. Why are Bangladeshis so locked in the past though because now the immediate danger Bengal faces is from India not Pakistan.
Also the win for India was unmistakable but also showed opportunism. India is doing exactly what Pakistan did in Bengal to muslims in Kashmir and to a lesser extent in our Lucknow which is why we escaped. Why does it not free Kashmir if it cares so much about Bengalis?
Is it not injustice that a smaller country like Pakistan was torn up for its mistakes in Bengal yet India which did the same thing in Kashmir continues to oppress. The point is we learned our lesson but what about India that continues to do this in Kashmir. All pathetic talk of this Islamic unity went out of the window when the largest muslim nation in the world, one with 350 million was torn to pieces. Islam was the ultimate victim sacrificed at the sword of ethnic nationalism. If we had forgiven each other and chose to work together who knows what we could have accomplished.