50 years of Bangladesh independence: Revisiting the Hamoodur Rahman Commission report
Sun Online Desk
A picture of Pakistan s General Niazi surrendering before the Indian Army
Bangladesh celebrates 50 years of its independence this year which also coincides with India’s decisive victory against Pakistan. It is therefore once against pertinent to focus on the Hamoodur Rahman Commission (War Enquiry Commission) that Islamabad had once sought to destroy.
This commission of Inquiry was appointed by the President of Pakistan in December, 1971 to inquire into and find out “the circumstances in which the Commander, Eastern command, surrendered and the members of the Armed Forces of Pakistan under his command laid down their arms and a ceasefire was ordered.”