From: kazi@hercules.cis.udel.edu (Zunaid Kazi)
Subject: Re: bakwaz about 71 (Re: Victory Day in Bangladesh!!!)
Organization: University of Delaware, Newark
Date: Sat, 19 Dec 1992 22:02:38 GMT

In article <BzIzFF.K64@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> rafatm@sage.cc.purdue.edu (unknown) writes:
>In article <NAEEM.92Dec19144545@occs.cs.oberlin.edu>, naeem@occs.cs.oberlin.edu (Naeem Mohaiemen) writes:
>> In article <1992Dec19.180659.13132@topaz.ucq.edu.au> salama@topaz.ucq.edu.au writes:
>
>   I do not want anyone to think that I am rationalizing the actions of the
>Mukti Bahini. Those that commited atrocities have tarnished the name of this
>otherwise legendary force. I would like to say that the reason many Bangladeshi`ss continue to harbor ill feelings against Pakistani`s is because many of them
>refuse to acknowledge the genocide that took place. How many Pakistani`S will
>ever say that Sheikh Mujibur Rahman`s party, the Awami League, won an absolute
>mjority in fair parliamentary elections? How many of them will acknowledge that
>Bhutto`s own greed prevented Sheikh Mujibur from assuming his rightful role as
>prime minister. Furthermore, how many Pakistani`s will acknowledge that for a long time East Pakistan was the primary source of foreing earnings, yet a meagre
>fraction of that income was spent on it? Just remember, all of these actions
>took place before the 1971 war in which innocent lives from both sides were
>lost. Untill Pakistani`s come to terms with history and the atrocities their
>government commited, we will continue to see resentment from Bangladeshi`s
>concerning 1971.

Well said Rafat. Here's some cold hard facts that might enlighten many
who are ignorant today:

Economic Exploitation: 1948-1971 

__________________________________________________________________

Plan              West        East        Net Spending in
                  Pakistan    Pakistan    terms of percentage
                                          of the total
                  Rupees in crores        expenditure
__________________________________________________________________

1950/51-54/55     1129	       231
1955/56-59/60     1655         524
1960/61-64/65     3355        1404
1965/66-69/70     5195        2141
__________________________________________________________________
                 12834        4300        25.26

*Reports of the Advisory Panels for the Fourth Five Year Plan
 1970-75, Vol. I, published by the Planning Commission of Pakistan

-From 1948-60 East Pakistan's export earnings had been 70%, but its
 share of import earnings was only 25%. 

-A sizable net transfer of resources had taken place from East to West 
 Pakistan. The report states that, if allowance is made for the
 undervaluation of foreign exchange in terms of Pakistan's domestic
 currency, the total transfer from East to West Pakistan over the
 period 1948/49-1968/69 was Rs 31,000,000,000 [1971 terms]. Using
 the then exchange rate of Rs 11.90 to the dollar, this worked out
 to 2.6 thousand million dollars in 1971 terms.

SOME CONSEQUENCES:

	In 1948 there were 11 textile mills in the East and only 9
	in the West.
	In 1971 there were 26 in the East as opposed to 150 in the
	West.

	East Pakistan's economy transformed from a surplus one to
	a deficit one.

>Rafat Sadiq
>rafatm@sage.cc.purdue.edu

- Zunaid Kazi
  kazi@cis.udel.edu
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