The government made clear early on that it would not try to prosecute Pakistanis who fought for West Pakistan against the separatists of East Pakistan (as Bangladesh was then known) in 1971.
此前,孟加拉国政府明确表示不会起诉那些于1971年为西巴基斯坦而战,奋力攻打东巴基斯坦(孟加拉国当时的国名)分裂份子的巴基斯坦人。
That programme was born out of the country's humiliating loss of East Pakistan in 1971.
这一计划诞生于1971年该国失去东巴基斯坦的耻辱。
Formerly part of Bengal, it became East Pakistan when India achieved independence in 947.
原为孟加拉的一部分,947年印度独立时成为东巴基斯坦。