Without apologising for 1971, can Pak become friends with Bangladesh again?

Pakistan foreign minister Ishaq Dar’s recent claim that the 1971 issue is ‘resolved’ has shocked many, given that Bangladesh has long considered a formal apology from Islamabad a minimum requirement for initiating reconciliation

As Pakistan pushes to reset its ties with Bangladesh, the issue of the 1971 genocide has come back to haunt Islamabad.
About 3 million people were massacred and thousands of women were raped by the Pakistani army and their local collaborators during the Bangladesh liberation war.