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Bengalis in Pakistan’s Power Structure, Pre- and Post-1971
Syed Badrul Ahsan
Syed Badrul Ahsan
Remembering history is of critical importance. And here in Bangladesh, history has always been fascinating for its people and especially for those interested in researching the past. In this fiftieth year of the country’s emergence into freedom from Pakistan, it is therefore consequential that we not only focus on the individuals and the factors - economic, social and political - which were instrumental in our eventually armed struggle for freedom, but also travel back to studies of those Bengalis who in the pre- and post-1971 years served in influential as also insignificant positions in the Pakistani power structure.
Remembering Sherbaz Khan Mazari, the Dehradun Cadet Who Helped Frame the Pakistani Constitution
Imprisoned dozens of times by both military and civilian rulers, he remained steadfast in his devotion to a federal, democratic Pakistan. There aren t many left like him.
Sherbaz Khan Mazari. Photo: Twitter/@EngrAamirBhatti
One cold night in October 1947, some Muslim boys were woken up from sleep in their dormitory at the Prince of Wales Royal Indian Military College (RIMC), Dehradun. They were told to pack up quickly and leave; their destination was Pakistan. Communal riots had broken out and there was an imminent threat to the RIMC. They were first escorted by a Gurkha posse and later evacuated to Lahore under Colonel (later general) Tikka Khan.