Hmm interesting article. Can you provide the source? Or is it a personal post that you yourself wrote?
I wrote myself by collecting data, especially focusing on sharmila's book. the review of this book may help you a little bit, a link is here..... Dead Reckoning: Memories of the 1971 Bangladesh Wa
Can someone translate whats written in Urdu ?
ok, I summarize it in first cut piece she said; the intellectual and politicians who were kidnapped and killed on 14 and 15 December 1971, were actually killed by Bangalis of "Albadr" and there is no proof of Pakistan army involvement. She conclude it after making a number of interviews from victims family members.
2nd: she said there was a news that Pakistan Army attacked on women hostel of Dhaka University, in march 1971 but it was a rumor. another news was that Pakistan army attacked in Jessore and killed a number of Bengali She said in Jessore it was totally opposite, it was not Bengali wo were killed but It was Pakistani who were killed by Bengalis. She also give a number of such examples.
3rd: 3rd one is most important in which she point out the mistake of historian She said : there is not a single organized study on this issue and everyone who wrote on this issue always concentrate on the actions taken by Pakistan army but they (researcher/historian) always ignore the actions of opponents i.e Bengali. As with most wars, the narrative of 1971 has largely been written by the victors. Partisan mythologies imprison the remaining actors. This book sets out to rectify this bias
Well Sharmila Bose's opinion is well known but vast majority of analysts from Bangladesh and India and world wide think otherwise.
Just pickup a link of time magazine of that time. There was an article "Even the skies weep". America, was then an enemy of India and brought several UN resolutions to condemn India and was completely against Bangladesh. Hence, TIME magazine article isin't propaganda.
But there is no point blaming the people of Pakistan because they were kept in dark by a state controlled media.
See the wording of Sharmila in 3rd one given above. America was never a friend of Pakistan and in 1971 war It did nothing for Pakistan
What a Shame !
People believe in unknown publicity-freak others like Sarmila Bose or Yasmin who support their dellusional thinkings but they dont trust the Official Pakistani Commission or Hamoodur Rahman Commission findings regarding 1971 war which shows real face of PA and its attrocities on Bengali people.
http://boltapakistan.files.wordpress.com/2007/08/hamood_ur_rehman_commission.pdf
No wonder why the Pakistan broke into two pieces. The reason behind that is still intact. Pakistanis never treat others like their brothers or human beings and they constantly keep themselves in shell of dellusions. No reality can touch them.
This attitude was the real reason why East Pakistanis felt discriminated and fought for Liberation way back in 1971 and same attitude still persists which is taking the Pakistanis to exact opposite direction of development and progress.
I dont remember the name of pakistani who quoted "Bengalis made Pakistan and we Punjabis broke Pakistan". But its ironically true.
Apology will not make Pakistan on its knees but it will give Bangladeshis a sense of equality from their brothers who once treated them unequally.
I am not saying that Pakistan Army did not do anything I am saying its an exaggeration made by Bangladeshi while they were equally involve in the same crimes.
ok let see in Hamood-ur-Rehman Commission report which you have posted here. on Page 18 see what written on number 34.....
34. The falsity of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's repeated allegation that Pakistani troops had raped 200,000 Bengali girls in 1971 was borne out when the abortion team he had commissioned from Britain in early 1972 found that its workload involved the termination of only a hundred or more pregnancies. Questionof Responsibility
an exaggerated figure... I am amazed how the Army can raped 200000 women in such a small duration????
Also give a look on number 33 on the same page in Commission report....
In last, guys read my post again carefully I am not refusing whatever happened in East Pakistan but I am saying what had been done By Bangali as well as Indians must also be consider. and keep in mind these wordings
As with most wars, the narrative of 1971 has largely been written by the victors. Partisan mythologies imprison the remaining actors.This book sets out to rectify this bias .
by and large It always happened in history of wars