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Pakistan outgoing Army chief Qamar Javed Bajwa creates controversy, says 'only 34,000 soldiers surrendered to India in 1971 war'

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The outgoing Chief of Army Staff (COAS), General Qamar Javed Bajwa on Wednesday created a controversy by saying that only 34,000 Pak soldiers surrendered to India in the 1971 War. Addressing the Defence and Martyrs Day ceremony as Chief Guest, the army chief said, "The East Pakistan crisis, was not a military but a political failure.