This book relates the personal experiences of the author and looks at East Pakistan from his perspective. The author served in East Pakistan for two years during the crucial period of 1969 to 1971. The book also includes an account of a cyclone that hit East Pakistan in 1970. He has analysed the roles of the three major players in the game viz. General Yahya Khan, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, and Mujibur Rehman and the role of the US, which has been involved in Pakistan right from the time of independence in 1947.
This book relates the personal experiences of the author and looks at East Pakistan from his perspective. The author served in East Pakistan for two years during the crucial period of 1969 to 1971. The book also includes an account of a cyclone that hit East Pakistan in 1970. He has analysed the roles of the three major players in the game viz. General Yahya Khan, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, and Mujibur Rehman and the role of the US, which has been involved in Pakistan right from the time of independence in 1947.
Syed Shahid Husain joined the Civil Service of Pakistan in 1965 after graduating in Law and Economics from the University of Sindh. He served in various civil service jobs in all parts of Pakistan, including over a year in Tank, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, eight years in Balochistan, and in the federal government. He led two official delegations to India and one to Iran. The author may perhaps be better known for his articles published in Dawn, The News, Business Recorder, and the South Asia Journal on wide variety of subjects relating to agriculture, irrigation, resource-distribution among provinces, and politics. He wrote extensively on subjects like water distribution between provinces, Indo-Pakistan disputes under Indus Water Treaty, insane food policy pursued by the government including procurement of wheat, and on other political and economic issues. He leads a retired life in the US.
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Preface to the 2021 Edition Preface Introduction Part I 1. My First Visit to the Former East Pakistan (1966) 2. Three Years Later (19691971) 3. Killer Cyclone (1970) 4. Six-point Programme 5. General Elections (1970) 6. An Engineered Crisis 7. Yahya Panics and Postpones National Assembly Session 8. Military Crackdown, 25 March 1971 9. Mujibs Arrest and Trial 10. Military and the Constitution 11. Inevitable Happens (April and December 1971) 12. Sajid and his Escape Part II 13. Hamood-ur-Rahman Commission Report 14. Anecdotal Accounts of Atrocities 15. A Typical Generals View of the Disaster 16. The Tragedy-A Politicians View 17. Who is to Blame? 18. Polish Resolution 19. Yahya Khan-The Architect of National Shame 20. Bhuttos Role 21. Mujibs Role 22. Can Ayub be Blamed? Part III 23. Last Days before the Break-up 24. Role of the US 25. How did the US Consul General in Dhaka View the Crisis? 26. Nixons Malevolence towards India 27. Was West Pakistan Threatened? Epilogue Index
Preface to the 2021 Edition Preface Introduction Part I 1. My First Visit to the Former East Pakistan (1966) 2. Three Years Later (19691971) 3. Killer Cyclone (1970) 4. Six-point Programme 5. General Elections (1970) 6. An Engineered Crisis 7. Yahya Panics and Postpones National Assembly Session 8. Military Crackdown, 25 March 1971 9. Mujibs Arrest and Trial 10. Military and the Constitution 11. Inevitable Happens (April and December 1971) 12. Sajid and his Escape Part II 13. Hamood-ur-Rahman Commission Report 14. Anecdotal Accounts of Atrocities 15. A Typical Generals View of the Disaster 16. The Tragedy-A Politicians View 17. Who is to Blame? 18. Polish Resolution 19. Yahya Khan-The Architect of National Shame 20. Bhuttos Role 21. Mujibs Role 22. Can Ayub be Blamed? Part III 23. Last Days before the Break-up 24. Role of the US 25. How did the US Consul General in Dhaka View the Crisis? 26. Nixons Malevolence towards India 27. Was West Pakistan Threatened? Epilogue Index
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