Word: pakistanis
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...East Pakistani capitol of Dacca was reported under firm government control Sunday, but fighting still raged in smaller cities and in the countryside...
Civil war continued to rage in East Pakistan yesterday amidst reports that the West Pakistani army is using artillery and machine guns against unarmed East Pakistani civilians...
Sheik Mujibur Rahman, leader of the powerful East Pakistani Awami League, proclaimed independence Friday and called for East Pakistan to resist the central government...
Heavy fighting has been reported throughout East Pakistan between West Pakstani troops and East Pakistani police and civilians...
...would convene after all on March 25. "As long as I am in command of the armed forces, I will ensure the complete and absolute integrity of Pakistan." Nevertheless, it seemed doubtful that Yahya's decision to convene the assembly would pacify Mujib. Two days earlier, the East Pakistani leader said of the West Pakistanis: "I will break them and bring them to their knees." After such a statement, an outright declaration of independence could be little more than an anticlimax...