`East Pakistan crisis was not a military but a political failure`: Pakistan`s outgoing Army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa says `only 34,000 Pak soldiers surrendered to India in 1971 war`

Outgoing Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa said the Army had initiated its catharsis and hoped that the political parties would also review their conduct, adding "It is also a fact that mistakes have been committed by every institution, political party, and civil society."