The geographical division of Pakistan during the time of partition put a thousand miles …show more content…
When East Pakistan showed that it wanted change, the state publicly responded with agreement and appeasement but secretively geared up for a brutal crackdown that would ‘put the people in their place’ (35). Further, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto who ran for elections in 1970, believed in having the “army in the wings” (Raghavan 36), a phrase that the military regime of Pakistan actively believed in and carried out in their handling of the crisis in East Pakistan. Through this, it is clear that the military regime of the Pakistani state proved a catalyst to the transformation of East Pakistan into the independent state of