2002: Pakistan expresses regrets for the deaths of nearly 3 million people

Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf expresses regrets for the deaths of nearly 3 million people during Bangladesh’s war of independence in 1971.  At a war memorial near Dhaka, Musharraf writes in a visitors’ book, “Your brothers and sisters in Pakistan share the pains of the events of 1971.  The excesses committed during the unfortunate period are regrettable.

To: 
Bangladesh
From: 
Pakistan
Year of Apology: 
2002
Footnote: 
Anam, Tahmima. “Pakistan’s State of Denial.” New York Times. December 26, 2013.