#EastPakistan hashtag - Bluesky

3 months ago

Military misrule and biased policies fueled Bengali nationalism, leading to Pakistan’s 1971 split and long-lasting political disgrace.
By Ambassador M. Alam Brohi

Read more: thefridaytimes.com/16-Dec-2025/...

#December1971 #EastPakistan #Bangladesh #separation #CivilMilitary #Politics

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3 months ago

“The bird has flown.” Mujibur Rahman’s release in Jan 1972 marked the dawn of independent Bangladesh.
By Tariq Aqil

Read more: thefridaytimes.com/16-Dec-2025/...

#Bangladesh #independence1971 #EastPakistan #History #SheikhMujiburRahman #Pakistan

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3 months ago

For Bangladesh, December 16 marks emancipation from decades of exploitation; for Pakistan, it remains an unresolved lesson in democracy and justice.
By Dr Moonis Ahmar

Read more: thefridaytimes.com/16-Dec-2025/...

#Bangladesh #Pakistan #relations #EastPakistan #separation #Liberation #History

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3 months ago

In an ironic reversal of Pakistan’s strategic doctrine that 'the defence of the East lay in the West,' the defence of West Pakistan was now contingent on the surrender of East Pakistan.
By Ahmad Faruqui

Read more: thefridaytimes.com/15-Dec-2025/...

#FallofDhaka1971 #GeneralNiazi #EastPakistan

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Remembering 16 December 1971 And The Collapse Of Pakistan’s Democratic Promise Pakistan’s 1971 break-up was rooted in elite misrule, denial of Bengali majority rights, constitutional collapse, and repeated military takeovers

3 months ago

Bengalis faced systemic suppression yet never sought secession; their leaders were falsely accused while fighting for rights and justice.
By Ambassador M. Alam Brohi

Read: www.thefridaytimes.com/16-Dec-2025/...

#December1971 #EastPakistan #Bangladesh #separation #CivilMilitary #PakistanPolitics

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From East Pakistan To Bangladesh: The Untold Story Of 1971 And Pakistan’s Fall Bangladesh became independent on 16 December 1971 after East Pakistan broke away due to political, cultural, and linguistic discrimination by West Pakistan

3 months ago

The fall of East Pakistan on 16 Dec 1971 changed history forever. General Niazi surrendered, and a new nation was born.
By Tariq Aqil

Read more: www.thefridaytimes.com/16-Dec-2025/...

#Bangladesh #independence1971 #EastPakistan #Pakistan #History #SheikhMujiburRahman
#PakistanElections

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December 16: Day Of Mourning Or Victory Day? December 16 symbolises Bangladesh’s liberation and Pakistan’s historic failures, highlighting injustice, denial of democracy, and the need for reconciliation

3 months ago

December 16 exposes Pakistan’s historic failures and Bangladesh’s long struggle against denial of rights, political exclusion, and military rule.
By Dr Moonis Ahmar

Read more: www.thefridaytimes.com/16-Dec-2025/...

#Bangladesh #Pakistan #relations #EastPakistan #separation #LiberationWar #history

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Why Pakistan’s Eastern Garrison Collapsed Within Two Weeks In December 1971 Generals Yahya and Hamid largely disappeared from the theatre, leaving Niazi isolated – while Yahya offered only prayers

3 months ago

Generals Yahya and Hamid largely disappeared from the theatre, leaving Niazi isolated – while Yahya offered only prayers
By Ahmad Faruqui

Read more: www.thefridaytimes.com/15-Dec-2025/...

#FallofDhaka1971 #GeneralNiazi #EastPakistan #warhistory #HamoodurRahmanCommissionReport #OperationSearchlight

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Why Pakistan’s Eastern Garrison Collapsed Within Two Weeks In December 1971 Generals Yahya and Hamid largely disappeared from the theatre, leaving Niazi isolated – while Yahya offered only prayers

3 months ago

Generals Yahya and Hamid largely disappeared from the theatre, leaving Niazi isolated – while Yahya offered only prayers
By Ahmad Faruqui

Read more: www.thefridaytimes.com/15-Dec-2025/...

#FallofDhaka1971 #GeneralNiazi #EastPakistan #warhistory #HamoodurRahmanCommissionReport #OperationSearchlight

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3 months ago

The Pakistani Chief of Naval Staff learned of this air strike from a Pakistani radio broadcast, while driving to work the next morning.
By Ahmad Faruqui

Read: thefridaytimes.com/08-Dec-2025/...

#IndiaPakistan #warhistory #FallofDhaka #YahyaKhan #OperationSearchlight #HRCReport #EastPakistan

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General Yahya Khan’s Fatal Gamble Holding supreme power as President and Army Chief, Yahya Khan miscalculated that opening a western front would divert Indian forces and save the crumbling

3 months ago

The Pakistani Chief of Naval Staff learned of this air strike from a Pakistani radio broadcast, while driving to work the next morning.
By Ahmad Faruqui

Read: thefridaytimes.com/08-Dec-2025/...

#IndiaPakistan #warhistory #FallofDhaka #YahyaKhan #OperationSearchlight #HRCReport #EastPakistan

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Why Regional Nationalism Is Not Treason Nationalism is expression of legitimate desire for autonomy - it should not be ignored and never labelled as disloyalty

4 months ago

Nationalism is expression of legitimate desire for autonomy - it should not be ignored and never labelled as disloyalty.
By Parvez Mahmood

Read more: www.thefridaytimes.com/30-Nov-2025/...

#autonomy #Pakistan #Balochistan #insurgency #Seraiki #province #GMSyed #EastPakistan #separation #BYC

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Himal Southasian

@himalsouthasian.bsky.social

6 months ago

Saima Begum on Bangladesh’s birangona women: Southasia Review of Books podcast #32 A conversation with the British-Bangladeshi writer on her debut novel, ‘The First Jasmines’, and the untold stories of women who survived the violence of the 1971 Liberation War:…

“This is not just a story about #WestPakistan and #EastPakistan. This is the story of many wars where people are so easily and so devastatingly able to despise their own brothers and be violent towards them.”

Saima Begum on ‘The First Jasmines’:

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Serene Doomer

@serenaribena.bsky.social

7 months ago

"1.) #Worldwide_Disasters_Thread
#cr41w
Severe #floods have been recorded in #EastPakistan and are having devastating effects on the local population. According to authorities, around 1.2 million people have been affected, and nearly 250,000 have been forced to flee their homes.
📹 "

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Jenniferchowdhury

@jenniferchowdhury.bsky.social

11 months ago

The genocide in Palestine hits home for many young Bangladeshis—echoing a buried past of our own, when 3 million were killed in 1971 and the world stayed silent. Sound familiar? buff.ly/KGSUCWV #1971bangladesh #genocide #freepalestine #eastpakistan

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Jenniferchowdhury

@jenniferchowdhury.bsky.social

11 months ago

Much like Gaza today, East Pakistan faced famine, blocked aid, and targeted attacks on universities, hospitals, and the press. The goal was clear: destroy a culture, silence a people, and erase their right to exist. #genocide #bangladesh1971 #gaza #Eastpakistan #palestine

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Fall of Dhaka - Stratheia Unveiling the 1971 East Pakistan debacle: myths, distortions, and external interference that shaped the subcontinent’s tragic history.

1 year ago

The disintegration of East Pakistan highlights the dangers of propaganda and external interference. Learn from the past to shape the future.
#Pakistan #India #Bangladesh #Dhaka #1971War #Genocide #EastPakistan #Geopolitics #PakistanHistory #EastPakistan1971

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Fall of Dhaka - Stratheia Unveiling the 1971 East Pakistan debacle: myths, distortions, and external interference that shaped the subcontinent’s tragic history.

1 year ago

India exploited East Pakistan’s crisis, isolating Pakistan internationally while pushing its own narrative. History needs a fair lens.
#Pakistan #India #Bangladesh #Dhaka #1971War #Genocide #EastPakistan #Geopolitics #PakistanHistory #EastPakistan1971

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Fall of Dhaka - Stratheia Unveiling the 1971 East Pakistan debacle: myths, distortions, and external interference that shaped the subcontinent’s tragic history.

1 year ago

Ignored tragedy: Over 500,000 Biharis were brutally killed by Mukti Bahini in 1971. Their story deserves to be told.
#Pakistan #India #Bangladesh #Dhaka #1971War #Genocide #EastPakistan #Geopolitics #PakistanHistory #EastPakistan1971

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Fall of Dhaka - Stratheia Unveiling the 1971 East Pakistan debacle: myths, distortions, and external interference that shaped the subcontinent’s tragic history.

1 year ago

Claims of mass killings by the Pakistan Army in 1971 are inflated propaganda. Scholars like Sarmila Bose unveil the real numbers.
#Pakistan #India #Bangladesh #Dhaka #1971War #Genocide #EastPakistan #Geopolitics #PakistanHistory #EastPakistan1971

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