Remembering PA Lt Gen Sahibzada Yaqub Khan

[Destranator]

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=185957709630407

"His refusal to take military action against the people of Bangladesh and his subsequent departure from Dhaka had earned him a special place in our hearts. He had protested where Tikka Khan had killed. His refusal to follow orders led to his being demoted in rank from lieutenant general to major general by General Yahya Khan. The Sahibzada was never to serve in the army again. His lost rank would be restored to him by Zulfikar Ali Bhutto."

Original Article:
https://opinion.bdnews24.com/2016/01/31/remembering-sahibzada-yaqub-khan/

 

[Bilal9]

An honorable self-effacing man of geniality (yet born into nobility) gone from among us. Our loss.

Leaders (and father/brother figures) come in all stripes and backgrounds. Those of us in Bangladesh were lucky enough to get men like him in Dhaka as bridge builders after 1971 at some point. I wish we had made better use of his talents from Bangladesh side.

 

[Bilal9]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sahabzada_Yaqub_Khan

 

[Sinnerman108]

He served as the foreign minister, and remained influential until 90s.
that is a manifestation of the fact, that establishment owned up Gen Yaqub.

 

[Destranator]

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=185957709630407

"His refusal to take military action against the people of Bangladesh and his subsequent departure from Dhaka had earned him a special place in our hearts. He had protested where Tikka Khan had killed. His refusal to follow orders led to his being demoted in rank from lieutenant general to major general by General Yahya Khan. The Sahibzada was never to serve in the army again. His lost rank would be restored to him by Zulfikar Ali Bhutto."

Original Article:
https://opinion.bdnews24.com/2016/01/31/remembering-sahibzada-yaqub-khan/

Worth remembering Lt Gen Khan again in light of the tremendous bravery demonstrated by Lt Gen Salman Fayyaz Ghani.
These two gentlemen have proven that militaries need not be brain dead to be effective.

 

[leonblack08]

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=185957709630407

"His refusal to take military action against the people of Bangladesh and his subsequent departure from Dhaka had earned him a special place in our hearts. He had protested where Tikka Khan had killed. His refusal to follow orders led to his being demoted in rank from lieutenant general to major general by General Yahya Khan. The Sahibzada was never to serve in the army again. His lost rank would be restored to him by Zulfikar Ali Bhutto."

Original Article:
https://opinion.bdnews24.com/2016/01/31/remembering-sahibzada-yaqub-khan/

His act should be taught in both Bangladeshi and Pakistani history books, so people can learn to do the right thing even if it meant losing a position of power.