The Hamoodur Rahman Commission Report (or War Report) contains the

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's official and classified papers of the events leading up to

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and the 1971 war with

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. Initially, there were 12 copies of the report prepared by the Chief Justice

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; all were destroyed except one. That single report was handed over to the

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, which forbade its publication at the time. The report was leaked eventually by the

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and the Pakistani

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, including ''Dawn'', drawing the attention of the public to its front pages in 2000. An editorial entitled, "''Gen Agha Mohammad Yahya Khan - 4''" written by

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on the basis of the Hamoodur Rahman Commission Report, demonstrated that "three men principally (had been) responsible for the loss, at the end of 1971, of half of Jinnah's Pakistan— end of story." Originally, it was thought that the

had declassified the Report in 2002 and was made it available to the public as

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whereas it was free to download on the internet. However, it was reported to be a "Supplementary Report" which was created after the prisoners of war returned after two years. The First Report has never been published nor is it accessible to anyone.

References

{{Bangladesh Liberation War 1972 in Pakistan 2000 in Pakistan Classified documents Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 Whistleblowing Dawn (newspaper) Reports of the Government of Pakistan Government of Pakistan secrecy 1972 documents

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