THE FALL OF EAST PAKISTAN

December 16^th 2009

I was a boy of 13 years studying in class 7^th on this day in 1971. I vividly remember my father, my mother all crying silently as Lt. General Niazi signed this document

"The PAKISTAN Eastern Command agree to surrender all PAKISTAN Armed Forces in BANGLA DESH to Lieutenant-General JAGJIT SINGH AURORA, General Officer Commanding in Chief of the Indian and BANGLA DESH forces in the Eastern Theater. This surrender includes all PAKISTAN land, air and naval forces as also all para-military forces and civil armed forces. These forces will lay down their arms and surrender at the places where they are currently located to the nearest regular troops under the command of Lieutenant-General JAGJIT SINGH AURORA.

The PAKISTAN Eastern Command shall come under the orders of Lieutenant-General JAGJIT SINGH AURORA as soon as the instrument has been signed. Disobedience of orders will be regarded as a breach of the surrender terms and will be dealt with in accordance with the accepted laws and usages of war. The decision of Lieutenant-General JAGJIT SINGH AURORA will be final, should any doubt arise as to the meaning or interpretation of the surrender terms.

Lieutenant-General JAGJIT SINGH AURORA gives a solemn assurance that personnel who surrender shall be treated with dignity and respect that soldiers are entitled to in accordance with provisions of the GENEVA Convention and guarantees the safety and well-being of all PAKISTAN military and para-military forces who surrender. Protection will be provided to foreign nationals, ethnic minorities and personnel of WEST PAKISTAN origin by the forces under the command of Lieutenant- General JAGJIT SINGH AURORA."

Signed by J.S. Aurora and A.A.K. Niazi on 16 December 1971.

This happened after Z. A. Bhutto as Defense minister of Yahya Khan;s Regimen from security council and on landing in Pakistan that we will fight for 1000 years but not surrender…..

We waited for American Aircraft carrier Enterprise to reach East Pakistan to save Pakistan.

We saw General Sahbzada Yaqoob termination after he refused to use force as Chief Martial Law Administrator and Commander Eastern Command (East Pakistan), we saw General Tikka khan brutality in East Pakistanis paving way to formation of Bangladesh.

We saw Z.A. Bhutto’s Threat that he will break the legs of anyone who will join a round table conference called by Shaikh Mujeeb ur Rehman of Bangladesh in Dhaka..

This Shaikh Mujeeb ur Rehaman at the time of partition was a student and he rode his bicycle for 25 kilometer to travel from Agartila 25 KM from Dhaka to attend a public meeting being addressed by Quaid e Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, what happened in 24 years that this die hard of Quaid transformwed into a separatist .

How sad is this t in the back drop of the fact that PAKISTAN RESOLUTION was floored by Shair e Bengal Moulvi Fazal ul Haq

We saw every thing we cried and we are still crying

My Elder generation transferred bewildered cries to me

I do not want to do that !

I want to bring an end to these cries I do not want to transfer these to my next generation the generation of

Ali, Akbar, Ahmed, Mustafa, Fatima, Anila Shaista and Subha all my sons and daughter

Today is the day we remember what happened on December 16 1971 and today is the day when we must vow that we will do our best to bring a change in Pakistan . its already late but I assure not too late actually THIS IS THE TIME … GOOD LUCK TO ALL OF US PAKISTAN AWAITS OUR DECISION. ……..