General Zia was in the thick of 1975 killings in Shabbir Ahmed The military dictators and the rulers of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan used to glorify the politics based on conspiracy, coups, and killings. After the independence of The diabolic and petit dictator, Gen Zia, had a superb capacity to remain calm and manipulate events in his favor. Through a careful examination, one will be able to conclude that fishing in troubled waters was his area of expertise. For example, in 1971, he suddenly appeared in the scene to read the declaration of independence on behalf of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman even though he was going to help Pakistanis unload firearms from a marine vessel before the military crackdown on March 25, 1971. With the passage of time, he and his cohorts tried in vain to establish him as the sole announcer of independence. In another occasion, on November 7, 1975, while the conspiracies and killings were going on full blast in the cantonment, he remained in hiding while he was able to contact over phone the other conspirators, he manipulated events from hiding, and finally he came out while the situation was in his favor. This is the way he had operated all through his life. Eventually, he consolidated his power by overthrowing President Justice Sayem, formed Bangladesh National Party (BNP) by using government resources and power to bring many unsavory characters under his fold and later to glorify this day of tumult he declared November 7th as a soldier-people union day. On that soldier-people union day, there were no people involved from general public. It was killings and chaos perpetrated by a small group of people under the conspiracy of a few that includes Gen. Zia. A few conspirators (from outside) provided support to ignite unrest in the army and organized a small gathering after the chaos and killings to achieve their political goal. The naïve co-conspirators thought that Gen. Zia would fulfill their dream but he was a manipulator of all times. He knew how to get the benefits from chaos by turning events in his favor. It is not difficult to do some research to find that most of the soldiers who were motivated to bring into his (Zia's) favor were finally executed during his rule under martial law. The prime conspirator Gen. Zia manipulated and used Col. Taher and his followers in the army to get to the power. Gen. Zia was ruthless enough to try and even execute his friend and ex-colleague Col. Taher through a camera trial under martial law. Col. Taher was a valiant freedom fighter and was maimed during the independence war in 1971. He was not to be given capital punishment but it was Gen. Zia and his power under martial law that overturned that rule. Any illegal and ruthless acts were possible by this diabolic man of uniform. Now that |
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