Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A cikin 1971, a ƙoƙarin kauce wa yuwuwar rikici tsakanin Sojoji da mutanen Gabashin Pakistan, a ranar 23 ga Maris, 1971, Khan, tare da sauran 'yan siyasar Pakistan, sun haɗu tare da Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. Sun bayar da tallafi ga Mujeeb wajen kafa gwamnati, amma ya riga ya yi latti don warware matsalar kamar yadda Yahya Khan ya riga ya yanke shawarar aiwatar da cikakken aikin soja. Karin rauni na Pakistan da kuma fushin kasa da kasa da aka samu 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 aka nada shi Shugaban kasa.