Kammala wannan jumla: Jam'iyyar PPP ta kasance a cikin gasa kai tsaye tare da Awami League da Pakistan Muslim League (PML) a lokacin babban zaben 1970. Gwagwarmayar iko tsakanin jam'iyyun biyu da kuma aikin soja na gaba a Gabashin Pakistan ya haifar da wani
wani mummunan yaki da Indiya wanda ya haifar da rabuwa da Gabashin Pakistan a shekarar 1971.