Role in Liberation War of Bangladesh
The Ittefaq's office was burnt down on March 25, 1971 by the Pakistan army. Publication did not resume until 21 May 1971 under direct control of Pakistani officials. The newspaper received about Taka 10,00,000 as compensation from the Pakistan government. Barrister Mainul Hosein started publishing the newspaper from Daily Pakistan Press. Largely funded by the Pakistan Government, Ittefaq became the mouthpiece of Yahya Khan's government, criticising the Bangladesh Liberation War severely.
After the newspaper The Daily Sangram called Serajuddin Hossain, (also transliterated Seraj Uddin Hossain), executive editor Daily Ittefaq, an "agent of India", the editor was abducted 10 December 1971 and never found. During Bangladesh's war crimes trials in 2012, Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed, a Jamaat-e-Islami party member, was charged with Hossain's murder.
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