<P> In his book The 1971 Indo - Pak War: A Soldier's Narrative Pakistan Army's Major General Hakeem Arshad Qureshi a veteran of this conflict noted, </P> <P> We must accept the fact that, as a people, we had also contributed to the bifurcation of our own country . It was not a Niazi, or a Yahya, even a Mujib, or a Bhutto, or their key assistants, who alone were the cause of our break - up, but a corrupted system and a flawed social order that our own apathy had allowed to remain in place for years . At the most critical moment in our history we failed to check the limitless ambitions of individuals with dubious antecedents and to thwart their selfish and irresponsible behaviour . It was our collective' conduct' that had provided the enemy an opportunity to dismember us . </P> <P> The Indian Army Chief in 1971 Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw had the highest respect for the fighting capability of the Pakistan Army but he did not accept the theory that they did not fight the Bangladesh war with enough vigor and zeal . In a BBC interview, he said: </P> <P> The Pakistan army in East Pakistan fought very gallantly . But they had no chance . They were a thousand miles away from their base . I had eight or nine months to make my preparations . I had got a superiority of almost 15 to 1...</P>

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