Special report: The breakup of Pakistan 1969-1971
Rare audio / video extracts from this epoch.
Commentary on the 1971 war
General Yahya Khan’s speech on Radio Pakistan on March 25, 1969
Iskander Mirza’s funeral in November 1969
Sarmila Bose on Yahya Khan’s initiative to hold elections and an interview with Yahya Khan in November 1970
Sheikh Mujibur Rehman’s interview by David Frost on January 18, 1972
Reading from Sultan Mohammad Khan’s memoirs
President Yahya Khan’s interview on July 31, 1971
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto’s interview on December 16, 1971
President Yahya Khan's address on December 20, 1971
Reading from AR Siddiqi’s forthcoming book East Pakistan – The Endgame: An onlooker’s journal 1969-1971
AR Siddiqi’s interview on the last days of Dawn Delhi
Read the special report here.