Riots in Karachi after Bangladesh got liberated from Pakistan.

[Riyad]

 

[jamahir]

1. What struck me was that most of the men were dressed in pant-shirt unlike now when one sees so many Pakistani men in shalwar-kameez.

2. What was the building named "USSR" ??

 

[Riyad]

1. What struck me was that most of the men were dressed in pant-shirt unlike now when one sees so many Pakistani men in shalwar-kameez.

2. What was the building named "USSR" ??

Bangladesh was the main revenue generating province of Pakistan at that time. Mainly from Jute and agriculture products as present day Pakistan was just deserts with few fertile land. The Govt. used all the funds from Bangladesh to develop Punjab and Sindh and ignored Bangladesh (East Pakistan). When they lost Bangladesh they started riots in Pakistan as they lost half of their nation which generated major revenue for them.

Pant-shirt or Western dresses were common back then but with growing religious minded people in Pakistan more people started wearing shalwar Kamiz or Kurta Kamiz.

 

[xyxmt]

Bangladesh was the main revenue generating province of Pakistan at that time. Mainly from Jute and agriculture products as present day Pakistan was just deserts with few fertile land. The Govt. used all the funds from Bangladesh to develop Punjab and Sindh and ignored Bangladesh (East Pakistan). When they lost Bangladesh they started riots in Pakistan as they lost half of their nation which generated major revenue for them.

Pant-shirt or Western dresses were common back then but with growing religious minded people in Pakistan more people started wearing shalwar Kamiz or Kurta Kamiz.

so why revenue generation stopped after 1971, logic says the money that was used to make Sind and Punjab (together 4 times the size of BD). With that huge revenue now only for tiny BD with almost no military spending, it should today look like western country...yet Punjab and Sind are 300 times developed after 71 even after that huge inflow of revenue stopped from BD and defense expenditure 10 times of BD, but BD still looks the same as it did in 71. Not saying you are wrong but a thinking mind asks question

 

[hasnainfirst]

Bangladesh was the main revenue generating province of Pakistan at that time. Mainly from Jute and agriculture products as present day Pakistan was just deserts with few fertile land. The Govt. used all the funds from Bangladesh to develop Punjab and Sindh and ignored Bangladesh (East Pakistan). When they lost Bangladesh they started riots in Pakistan as they lost half of their nation which generated major revenue for them.

Pant-shirt or Western dresses were common back then but with growing religious minded people in Pakistan more people started wearing shalwar Kamiz or Kurta Kamiz.

Yeah , yeah , keep ranting ... indians treat B'deshis like rat sh*t on the border and you still keep sucking their balls ....

 

[insight-out]

1. What struck me was that most of the men were dressed in pant-shirt unlike now when one sees so many Pakistani men in shalwar-kameez.

2. What was the building named "USSR" ??

1. If this is 1971 Karachi, then I would imagine many, if not most people would have been born in India. And it was only 23 years since the Brits had left. I think the influence of Indian and British culture in the cities was greater then than it is now.

People now are more comfortable and secure in their own national identity. Moreover, Karachi now has a large Pathan and Punjabi population, many of whom prefer shalwar kameez. Many "Urdu-speaking" people have also been increasingly influenced by other ethnicities in the country, and prefer the more comfortable attire.

2. Probably owned by someone who admired the USSR. Much like people who call their businesses Arizona Grill, American Pizza, or English Boot House.

Bangladesh was the main revenue generating province of Pakistan at that time. Mainly from Jute and agriculture products as present day Pakistan was just deserts with few fertile land. The Govt. used all the funds from Bangladesh to develop Punjab and Sindh and ignored Bangladesh (East Pakistan). When they lost Bangladesh they started riots in Pakistan as they lost half of their nation which generated major revenue for them.

Pant-shirt or Western dresses were common back then but with growing religious minded people in Pakistan more people started wearing shalwar Kamiz or Kurta Kamiz.

This is revisionist history. The government did not use all the funds from East Pakistan to develop Punjab and Sindh. It did not ignore East Pakistan. There were many development projects undertaken by the government before 1971. It is a matter of record if you care to read.

Yes, there was an imbalance, and the government should have done a better job at wealth distribution, and should have been more equitable. But to say that the government plundered the East to develop the West is dishonest.

That said, transferring revenues from more developed economies to less developed ones within a country is not only common, but is necessary. Many governments do it. The current Pakistani government is proposing a cut in federal transfers to other provinces to fund development in the tribal areas. China is making huge transfers from the South East to develop the North West. The US and UK do the same. Canada has what they call "equalization payments" from the "have" provinces to the "have not" provinces.

The point is, if a nation feels united and is invested in the development of the country as a whole, then they would be willing to make sacrifices to help their fellow country men. While I do believe that the pre 1971 federal government made serious mistakes, the problem is that some Bengali nationalists never really felt as though they were part of Pakistan. They never accepted a "national identity" that encompassed the Eastern and Western wings. It was not too hard for external elements to fan the flames of nationalism and persuade them to secede.

 

[UKBengali]

so why revenue generation stopped after 1971, logic says the money that was used to make Sind and Punjab (together 4 times the size of BD). With that huge revenue now only for tiny BD with almost no military spending, it should today look like western country...yet Punjab and Sind are 300 times developed after 71 even after that huge inflow of revenue stopped from BD and defense expenditure 10 times of BD, but BD still looks the same as it did in 71. Not saying you are wrong but a thinking mind asks question

LOL @ the severe butt-hurt in the video.

Actually BD's ability to generate revenue was much reduced by 1971 as plastics had pretty much replaced Jute by 1971. Still BD was producing quite a bit of revenue from tea and jute. See US article below from April 1971:


https://www.nytimes.com/1971/04/11/archives/jute-exports-from-east-pakistan-said-to-be-resumed.html

"Shipments of jute, the tough fiber that is Pakistan's main export, have been resumed in East Pakistan,"

That is why Pakistan was fighting as it wanted keep hold of BD resources.

As for why BD is not richer now? You understand what happens to a country when you rinse it for 24 years and take away it's revenue when prices were the highest for Jute? You understand what happens when you try to wipe out it's educated people out of nothing but malice?

Defence expenditure 10 times that of BD? LOL BD is spending 3.5 billion US dollars and Pakistan probably around 10-12 billion mark, including nuclear weapons.

Still BD has recovered and has an economy larger than Pakistan in less than 50 years of independence with 20% less population. It's per capita is growing at 7% and rising while Pakistan is at 2% and predicted to fall even lower.

BD is proving how being part of Pakistan during 1947-1971 has held it back. After-all , BD may have been the richest part of the planet just over 200 years ago and it's ship technology was the most advanced. What accomplishments has Pakistan had in it's entire history may I ask?

 

[Pan-Islamic-Pakistan]

Bangladesh was the main revenue generating province of Pakistan at that time. Mainly from Jute and agriculture products as present day Pakistan was just deserts with few fertile land. The Govt. used all the funds from Bangladesh to develop Punjab and Sindh and ignored Bangladesh (East Pakistan). When they lost Bangladesh they started riots in Pakistan as they lost half of their nation which generated major revenue for them.

Pant-shirt or Western dresses were common back then but with growing religious minded people in Pakistan more people started wearing shalwar Kamiz or Kurta Kamiz.

Absolute nonsense. East Pakistan was a major drain on our economy. Frequent flooding and famines offset any major advantages we gained.

The only thing we had to change was re-organization of agriculture after 1971, which was not difficult as Pakistan is a bread basket.

Also, Kurta and kameez mean almost the same thing. There is no such thing as a kurta kameez. We just call Kurta with Shalwar as Kurta.

Our textile and clothing industries grew which made shalwar kameez more fashionable, but it was always a popular clothing for us.

This was Karachi, Pakistan in the 1960s.

1. What struck me was that most of the men were dressed in pant-shirt unlike now when one sees so many Pakistani men in shalwar-kameez.

Actually it is still a common dress for male college students.

 

[Yankee-stani]

One of my uncles who passed away a few years back was a Civil Servant posted in Dhaka,East Pakistan in 1970-1971 he was tortured by the Mukhti Bahani scrums and scared him for the rest of his life sadly I learned it after he passed away but my father was a teen and he recalled when the breakup occurred old uncles had heart attacks plus it's one of the reason why my family hates the Bhuttos and the PPP till this day

 

[CHACHA"G"]

Instead of seeing pain of losing brother (Bengalis), bdeshi supa powa members started usual randi rona (propaganda).. This proves Pakistanis never think of them as (whatever bd propaganda machine call it) .. You were me back then , but spell from black magician made you blind …
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