I wonder how history would have been altered had Sheikh Mujibur Rehman been handed over the reins of the government.
AUSTIN, TEXAS: This is in response to Basil Nabi Malik’s article, “An open letter to Dhaka” (December 21). My sincere gratitude goes to the author and all Pakistanis who think like him. I wonder how history would have been altered had Sheikh Mujibur Rehman been handed over the reins of the government, as the election results mandated. Perhaps the 3 million Bengalis (as estimated by the UN) would not have perished in warfare, Bengali women would not have been violated and Bengali villages would not have been charred to ashes. I wholeheartedly agree that those who committed these crimes against civilians, against humanity, should be brought to justice whether they are in Bangladesh or in Pakistan.
Tamim Chaudhry
Published in The Express Tribune, December 23rd, 2010.
