Untold Stories Behind The Fall of Dhaka 1971 - Chaudhry Ghulam Hussain Told Everything
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00:00It's 16th December, 1971.
00:05It's as if someone has drawn a dagger.
00:09It was around 4.30pm.
00:12At that time, there was a television.
00:17The late Tariq Aziz, who was an actor,
00:20a great presenter and an anchor.
00:23May Allah forgive him.
00:25On that day, it was unfortunate for Waqar
00:28that he gave this news on television.
00:33That today, both the local commanders
00:36have reached an agreement.
00:39Then we saw that Hanif Ramez,
00:42who was a great scholar and politician.
00:44Because I was young,
00:46I didn't have much comprehension.
00:50But it was like, we've had enough.
00:54People have another misunderstanding.
00:57These 90,000 children, women, old people,
01:00young people, businessmen,
01:02and many other people
01:04who were trapped in East Pakistan.
01:07Actually, the army was 34,000.
01:12But why just one?
01:14We couldn't forget that incident.
01:18Until Pakistan became an atomic power,
01:21it became a weapon, a missile.
01:24And then, what is known as DURKU,
01:28whether it will remain or not.
01:30At that time, in 1985-1984,
01:33when Pakistan became a nuclear power,
01:36and I know it firsthand.
01:39After that time,
01:41no enemy dared to attack Pakistan
01:44nor did they have the courage to do so.
01:48So, one thing is that
01:511971 is a huge shock
01:53that will never be forgotten.
01:55So, this recent incident,
01:58even if it doesn't have that kind of impact,
02:02but its intensity, its intensity,
02:04and its emotional,
02:07and on a human level,
02:10and on every level,
02:12its shock,
02:14will never be forgotten.
02:16The way it happened to children like Abdul,
02:19and not only that,
02:21the terrorist attacks that are taking place in Pakistan,
02:24in Balochistan,
02:26in KP,
02:28we have to control all of them.
02:31And we have to take the country forward.
02:33You are right.
02:34But we will take it forward
02:36if we don't prefer our Pakistanis
02:39and Pakistani Muslims for ourselves.
02:43We can't stop the enemy from attacking us.
02:48In AJK, in Gilgit-Baltistan,
02:51in KP, in Balochistan,
02:53in Sindh, in different areas of Punjab,
02:56wherever there is a snake of deprivation,
02:59or it is being increased,
03:02and in its name,
03:04there are attempts to harm Pakistan,
03:06and there are conspiracies.
03:08If you want to crush it,
03:10then there is only one thing,
03:13Hassan Ayub,
03:14and whoever thinks that we are good or bad,
03:16all of them,
03:17for Pakistan,
03:18for the people of Pakistan,
03:20for the leaders of Pakistan,
03:22sit on the same table,
03:24and sit until the problem is solved.
03:27There is no other way,
03:29no solution,
03:31and if you keep hating me,
03:34then the enemy who treats all of us equally,
03:39like you saw in Yugoslavia,
03:42and Herzegovina,
03:45there,
03:46the so-called Muslims,
03:49Bosnia and Herzegovina,
03:52they didn't spare them either.
03:54So, what is happening in Gaza today,
03:57we should be ashamed that
03:5940,000-50,000 of our innocent children
04:02and adults have been oppressed.
04:05Absolutely right.
04:06Mr. Chaudhary,
04:07the biggest thing is that
04:09we have to end the mutual fights,
04:11and for national unity,
04:13it is very important that we sit together.
04:15Mr. Haider Naqvi,
04:16I will come to you.
04:18Mutual fights exist.
04:20If someone says that
04:22there is no serious political excitement in Pakistan,
04:26then it is there.
04:28Our politicians are expressing hatred among themselves.
04:31What solution would you suggest?
04:34First of all,
04:35what you said in the interview,
04:36and what Mr. Chaudhary said,
04:38it is a complete consensus.
04:40This is basically what we should read on the wall,
04:43the whole of Pakistan.
04:45On 16th December,
04:46when Pakistan was attacked,
04:47and one of its soldiers left,
04:49then on 16th December,
04:50Pakistanis were attacked,
04:51and their soldiers left.
04:53Look, these soldiers could have been yours,
04:55they could have been mine,
04:57and they could have been all those people
04:59who are spreading hatred in this country.
05:02It is very important for us to think
05:04that this attack could be on us,
05:06it could be on you,
05:07it could be on any Pakistani.
05:09After such attacks,
05:11will we choose our path
05:13to walk together?
05:15Or after such attacks,
05:17will we continue to give air to our differences?
05:20Remember,
05:21a very big war is knocking on your door.
05:26It is standing at your door.
05:27And God forbid,
05:28your situation is worse than that of the world.
05:31So, before this time comes,
05:33it is very important
05:34to save yourself,
05:35to save your loved ones,
05:37and to save Pakistan.
05:39You will have to join hands.
05:41The political system of Pakistan
05:43is full of governments,
05:45political parties,
05:46and they come to power.
05:48You have to understand this.
05:49Those who say,
05:50I did not get power,
05:51it is their turn.
05:52Those who got power,
05:53it is their turn.
05:55For governments,
05:56for power,
05:57you should not hold each other's neck,
05:59you should not cut each other's throats.
06:01Because if you do not stop this process,
06:03tomorrow,
06:04this same sword will reach your door.
06:06So, to stop that,
06:07it is very important
06:08that we join hands like this.
06:10As you said in the intro,
06:11that Qaida Azam and Allama Iqbal
06:13saw a dream.
06:14Yes.
06:15Hassan Ayub.
06:16Sir,
06:17if we talk about December 16, 1971,
06:20this matter started before that.
06:22When Mukti Bani's movement started,
06:24a conspiracy was set up at that time.
06:26And, obviously,
06:27the leaders of India were backing it.
06:30And this was expressed
06:32by Narendra Modi at Dhaka University.
06:34And he very proudly
06:36expressed this there
06:38at the university
06:39during his address to the students.
06:41So, it was a conspiracy.
06:42Obviously,
06:43the conspiracy was successful.
06:44And there were some weaknesses
06:45between us
06:46at that time.
06:47Because of which
06:48the enemy benefited.
06:49But,
06:50some people
06:51were conspiring from within.
06:52And,
06:53they had a relationship with Bangladesh.
06:55But,
06:56the good thing is that
06:58the people of Bangladesh
07:00realized this.
07:02And,
07:03if you see,
07:04the statues of Mujeeb-ur Rehman
07:06that were made,
07:07the way people took them down,
07:09and the pictures that were put up,
07:11the pictures of Mujeeb-ur Rehman
07:13were put up in their public offices.
07:15So,
07:16we saw that
07:17the Bengalis
07:18took them down
07:19and broke them
07:20and threw them away.
07:21And then,
07:22the princess of Mujeeb-ur Rehman,
07:23the Prime Minister,
07:24had to flee from there.
07:25So,
07:26this is the story
07:27about the fall of Dhaka
07:29in the context of Bangladesh.
07:31Secondly,
07:32about Sania APS,
07:34it has been almost 10 years.
07:36And,
07:37it was a very sad incident.
07:39Our children
07:40were martyred.
07:42And,
07:43even today,
07:44if you see the condition of those mothers,
07:46they are very sad.
07:48Because,
07:49they had a loss
07:50that
07:51will never heal.
07:53But,
07:54we should see
07:55that
07:56the National Action Plan
07:57that was made after that,
07:58we should all
07:59follow that National Action Plan.
08:02We need to
08:03assess ourselves
08:05that,
08:06as a nation,
08:07after that Sania,
08:08did we follow that National Action Plan
08:11or not?
08:12See,
08:13counter-terrorism
08:14has been continued
08:15by the army
08:16since its operations.
08:17The army
08:18did its operations
08:19around the clock,
08:21365 days
08:22or 24 hours
08:23a day.
08:24Hassan,
08:25National Action Plan
08:26has been implemented
08:27one by one.
08:28But,
08:29one thing
08:30that I want to say
08:31in the end,
08:32as a nation,
08:33as a Pakistani,
08:34where,
08:35see,
08:36the area of Balochistan,
08:37there,
08:38before,
08:39human intelligence
08:40used to work a lot.
08:41So,
08:42the people
08:43who raise hatred
08:44between our army
08:45and the people,
08:46like the people
08:47of Maharang Baloch,
08:48such people
08:49should also be
08:50countered.
08:51We have to understand
08:52the reality of this.
08:53Only then,
08:54we can make Pakistan
08:55a strong and prosperous country.