50 Years On, Pakistan Continues To Censor 1971’s War Of Liberation
50 Years On, Pakistan Continues To Censor 1971’s War Of Liberation
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LAHORE, Pakistan The cancellation of an event in Pakistan commemorating Bangladesh’s 50 years of independence has precipitated the debate around Pakistan’s acknowledgment of war crimes.
Pakistan’s Lahore University of Management Sciences and National Institute of Pakistan Studies, Quaid-i-Azam University, had organized
the online event titled “War, Violence & Memory: Commemorating 50 Years of the 1971 War” from March 23 to 27.
The organizers did not point out the reasons for the cancellation of the event. When approached,