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2 days ago · The Awami League’s six-point proposal was a nightmare for Yahya Khan and his advisors. Despite this, they were determined to bring down Mujib and reach a compromise. Yahya and Bhutto made ...
3 days ago · President Yahya Khan called on the military – which was overwhelmingly led by West Pakistanis – to suppress dissent in the East, after accepting the resignation of Lieutenant-General Yaqub Ali Khan, the chief of staff of the East-Pakistani military.
Sep 19, 2024 · Opinion: When Yahya Khan Threw A Champagne Party As US Dispatched ‘Big E’ For Bangladesh. By : Nayanima Basu | Updated at : 19 Sep 2024 12:26 PM (IST) Muhammad Yunus, the head of the Bangladesh interim govt, met a high-level US delegation last Sunday and requested 'support' to rebuild the country.
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1 day ago · Yahya Khan appointed Brigadier (later General) Rahimuddin Khan to preside over a special tribunal prosecuting Rahman with multiple charges. The tribunal's sentence was never made public, but Yahya caused the verdict to be held in abeyance in any case.
5 days ago · On March 25th, 1971, President Yahya Khan launches Operation Searchlight in East Pakistan, a brutal military crackdown intended to snuff out Bengali separatism and restore West Pakistani authority. Meanwhile, an American diplomat in Dacca named Archer Blood begins reporting and documenting the slaughter, hoping to convince his government to step in and restrain Yahya.
Sep 15, 2024 · Yahya Khan was a Pakistarmy officer, who served as the third president of Pakistan from 1969 to 1971. He also served as the Commander-in-Chief of the Pakistan Army from 1966 to 1971. Notably, it was under his tenure that Bangladesh (East Pakistan then) liberated from Pakistan.
3 days ago · General Abdul Hamid Khan objected to the immediate disarming of regular army Bengali units, but approved the disarming of the East Pakistan Rifles (EPR), armed police and other para-military formations. Yahya Khan refused to sanction the arrest of Awami League leaders during a meeting with him, as the plan had proposed. [27]
