{"id":119911,"date":"2021-11-02T18:39:24","date_gmt":"2021-11-03T01:39:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=119911"},"modified":"2021-11-02T18:39:24","modified_gmt":"2021-11-03T01:39:24","slug":"pakistan-should-seek-apology-to-bangladesh-within-december-16-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2021\/11\/02\/pakistan-should-seek-apology-to-bangladesh-within-december-16-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan should seek apology to Bangladesh within December 16, 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"

MD Pathik Hasan<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n

Upcoming December\n16, 2021 is knocking on the door. Bangladesh will celebrate its 50th<\/sup>\nanniversary of victory day with full spirit. On\nDecember 16, 1971, almost 93,000 Pakistani soldiers surrendered in Dhaka,\nleading to the creation of the sovereign nation-state of Bangladesh. Dec.\n16 is Victory Day in Bangladesh. On this day in 1971, some 93,000 Pakistani\nsoldiers settled for an unconditional surrender to India-Bangladesh joint\nforces in Dhaka that led to the emergence of a new nation state in South Asia. Bangladesh\ngot its independence from Pakistan in 1971. Bangladesh was a part of Pakistan\nfrom 1947 to 1971. Bangladesh had to separate itself from Pakistan due to\nvarious reasons through the prolonged independent movement. After the hardcore\nstruggle, it placed itself in the world map as a sovereign state. During this\nperiod, the people of Bangladesh basically faced a serious exploitation and\ngenocidal activities committed by the Pakistan army. Consequently, India had to\nstand a huge number of influx of refugees. According to Bangladesh government,\nnearly 3milion people were martyred and 2.5 lacks women were raped by Pakistani\nmilitary and its local associates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After a long and\nbloody struggle of nine months, East Pakistan emerged on the world map as a\ncompletely independent state called Independent Bangladesh. Since then, in long\n50 years, Bangladesh’s position and acceptance increased to every country in\nthe world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Everyone around\nthe world is praising the sustainable development of Bangladesh. Bangladesh is\nbeing recognized as a rising star in South Asia. Bangladesh is improving so\nmuch today, said an economist in Pakistan. Abid Hassan said in an article in\nThe News International, a Pakistani newspaper, that Pakistan may seek financial\nassistance from Bangladesh by 2030. The former World Bank economist has just\npredicted the future. If Bangladesh can pay 20 million US dollars to Sri Lanka,\nwaive the IMF’s Bangladeshi share of money from Somalia and Sudan, help\nIndonesia with Covid-19 medical equipment, shelter a large number of Rohingya\nrefugees from Myanmar, it can also help Pakistan financially. Bangladesh is a\nhumanitarian state in South Asia.
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\nIts foreign policy is friendship to all, enmity with none. Pakistan, which\nexploited Bangladesh for 24 years, today lags far behind in socio-economic\nfields. In an interview, a Pakistani journalist asked Prime Minister Imran Khan\nto make Pakistan like Bangladesh. The Canada-based International Forum for\nRights and Security, a think tank, recently published a report on Bangladesh\nand Pakistan. It has been shown there that Bangladesh is ahead in all areas of\nthe index. Many Indian economists have called on all countries to follow the\nBangladesh model in the development of South Asia. Former Pakistani ambassador\nto the United States Hossain Haqqani said that Pakistan carried out the worst\ngenocide in Bangladesh in 1971.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But there is no\nindication of Pakistani government seeking apology for the genocide. He made\nthe remarks at a webinar organized by the Bangladesh Embassy in Brussels in\nlate March 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The people of\nPakistan should call on their government to apologize for all the atrocities\nthat took place against Bangladesh in 1971.The people of Pakistan are also\nsympathetic to Bangladesh that had to bear the genocide during the liberation\nwar. Although the government of Pakistan distortedly presented Pakistani\ntextbooks and various publications. But in this age of globalization, people\nare much more aware. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We can also know\nthe views of Pakistani citizens by the welfare of social media. They also want\nthe government of Pakistan to formally apologize to Bangladesh for their brutal\ndeeds in 1971. Pakistan should apologize to Bangladesh for the way in which Pakistan\nattacked innocent Bengalis in 1971 and killed them. Pakistan should understand\neverything and normalize relations with all the countries of South Asia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Even in this\ncorona, leaders from all over South Asia came to Bangladesh in March on the\noccasion of the birth centenary of Father of the Nation and the golden jubilee\nof Bangladesh’s independence. But no Pakistani leader came. Pakistan has just\nofficially sent a congratulatory message. Pakistan’s highest sincerity was\nneeded here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On December 16, Bangladesh will celebrate the golden jubilee of her\nvictory day. I think this is a golden opportunity for Pakistan. Pakistan’s\nPrime Minister Imran Khan can visit Bangladesh on December 16 to mark the\nVictory Day and formally apologize to Bangladesh. Imran Khan should seek apology.\n Pakistan\u2019s leadership should give up\ntheir egoistic mindset. They have to remember that Pakistan committed genocide\nin Bangladesh at that time. They did misdeed. So, it is their responsibility to\napologize to Bangladesh. I firmly believe that Bangladesh will take it in a\npositive way because Bangladesh knows how to forgive. To some extent, A Pakistan apology could heal\nBangladesh’s war wounds.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bangladesh is\ngoing to be recognized as an emerging power in South Asia. Many senior citizens\nof Pakistan can put pressure on the government of Pakistan in this regard. The\ntime has come to realize the heinous act that Pakistan did. The government of\nPakistan should understand why the burden of this past act of Pakistan will\ncarry the future of Pakistan. Although Imran Khan used to talk a lot about this\nissue before he became the Prime Minister, Imran Khan is not able to do\nanything as the army has a big role in the politics of the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yet it is not good\nfor the military and the civilian government to ignore Pakistan’s public\nopinion. Pakistan should realize this now. The time has come to formally\napologize to Bangladesh. Because the souls of three million martyrs and the\ncries of losing honour of about two and a half million mothers and sisters are\nstill heard. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Seeking\nforgiveness to someone after doing wrong does not mean being small, but\nexpressing oneself as a symbol of greatness and humility. If France and Germany\ncan apologize to Rwanda after all this time, why can’t Pakistan apologize to\nBangladesh?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If Europe’s two\nbiggest former colonial powers – France and Germany – can do it, then no one\nelse should have a problem doing it. Pakistan should realize this. Since\nBangladesh won on 16 December 1971, it was on 16 December that Pakistan could\nformally apologize to Bangladesh. Still, Bangladesh will get some consolation.\nThis should be realized by the government of Pakistan. Because they need\nBangladesh’s help and support in reviving their fragile economy and in various\ninternational issues. The sooner the Pakistani government realizes this, the\nbetter for them. If Pakistan wants to take steps to improve relations with\nBangladesh, it must apologize for the 1971 war crimes. Only then is it possible\nto advance diplomatic and economic relations between the two countries. So, it\nwould be better for Pakistan if Pakistan should seek state apology to\nBangladesh as soon as possible.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

MD Pathik Hasan Upcoming December 16, 2021 is knocking on the door. Bangladesh will celebrate its 50th anniversary of victory day with full spirit. On December 16, 1971, almost 93,000 Pakistani soldiers surrendered in Dhaka, leading to the creation of the sovereign nation-state of Bangladesh. Dec. 16 is Victory Day in Bangladesh. On this day […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[179],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-119911","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-md-pathik-hasan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119911","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=119911"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119911\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119911"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=119911"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=119911"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}