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In his final public statement as Pakistan’s Chief of Army Staff (COAS), General Qamar Javed Bajwa attempted to rewrite a five-decade-old history. He said: “I want to correct some facts here. Firstly, former East Pakistan was a political failure and not a military one, the number of soldiers fighting was not 92,000 but 34,000 and the others were in different government departments.” He added, “these 34,000 soldiers were confronted by an Indian army of 2,50,000 soldiers and 2,00,000 members of the Mukti Bahini. Against these heavy odds, our army fought bravely and gave exemplary sacrifices which were acknowledged by Indian...
