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Musharraf says he wept like a little girl after East Pakistan's fall
Islamabad, Sept 27: Blaming the Zulfikar Ali Bhutto regime for 1971 dismemberment of Pakistan, President Pervez Musharraf says he along with his fellow soldiers wept when East Pakistan was separated to become Bangladesh and the capture of 90,000 Pakistani troops by Indian Army."I broke down and cried. All my brave soldiers cried with me. It remains most sad and most painful day of my life. My anger..at the General who had taken charge of government and at some of the politicians of the time, still makes me see red," he wrote in his book 'In the Line of Fire'. "It was nexus between Bhutto and small coterie of rulers that destroyed Pakistan. The myopic rigid attitude of (Bangladeshi leader) Sheikh Mujibur Rehman did not help matters and he played into Bhutto's (Gen) Yahya (Khan's) hand by remaining rooted in East Pakistan", he said. Musharraf said he along with a company of Special Security Group (SSG) commandoes were tasked to go East Pakistan before it fell. "My troops were brimming with confidence and we were all set to go when the ceasefire was announced and East Pakistan was forcibly torn away from us to form the separate state of Bangladesh. It was terrible day. "When I was telling my troops about the ceasefire the surrender of our 90,000 personnel, (military and civilian) came about," the Pakistani leader said. Posted by: john 2006-09-28 |
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