Kammala wannan jumlar: A 1971, a kokarin kauce wa yiwuwar rikici tsakanin Sojoji da mutanen Gabashin Pakistan, a ranar 23 ga Maris, 1971, Khan, tare da sauran 'yan siyasar Pakistan, sun hadu da Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. Sun ba da tallafi ga Mujib wajen kafa gwamnati, amma ya riga ya makara don warware matsalar kamar yadda Yahya Khan ya riga ya yanke shawarar aiwatar da cikakken aikin soja. Karuwar rashin lafiyar Pakistan da kuma fushin da kasashen duniya suka yi game da dakarun soji a karshe sun haifar da halin da ya haifar da
yaki tsakanin Pakistan da Indiya. Wannan yaƙin ya zama bala'i kuma ya ƙare a cikin sojojin Pakistan da aka ci nasara a Gabashin Pakistan da kuma ƙirƙirar sabuwar jihar Bangladesh. Rashin nasarar da aka yi, Yahya Khan ya yi murabus daga ofishin da sojoji. A karkashin Janar Gul Hassan Khan, an dawo da Zulfikar Ali Bhutto daga Amurka kuma an nada shi Babban Jami'in Shari'ar Shari'a da Shugaban kasa.