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__NOINDEX__ Mujibur Rehman's imprisonment in Lyallpur jail in 1971. In 1971 Mujibur Rehman was brought to Lyallpur, now known as Faisalabad, in Punjab,Pakistan by then military ruler General Yahya Khan. Sheikh Mujib was imprisoned in Lyallpur jail and was represented by the country's most famous and respected lawyer Mr A K Brohi who was assisted by one of Lyallpur's most prominent lawyers Khawaja Ghulam Hussain. During his stay in Lyallpur jail, Mr Mujib repeatedly told both Mr A K Brohi and Khawaja Ghulam Hussain that he had no desire to declare independence for East Pakistan (now known as Bangladesh). His struggle was only directed to getting equal rights for East Pakistanis. He was adamant that he had no desire for separation of East Pakistan and was prepared to make a declaration to this effect to the world press and wanted to be interviewed on Pakistan Radio to make this declaration. According to Khawaja Ghulam Hussain this verbal statement was passed on to the military authorities but nobody appeared to be interested.