 Nyora kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Mushure mekunge General Tikka Khan atanga Operation Searchlight kurwisa kwemauto munaKurume 1971, maofficial mazhinji akaramba kuiswa kumabvazuva uye Niazi akasvika muDhaka musi wa4 Kubvumbi 1971 kuzotora Eastern Command kubva kuna Tikka Khan. Uyezve, kuurawa kukuru kwavakangwara veBengali muna 1971paYunivhesiti yeDhaka yakanga yaita kuti vanhu vokuEast Pakistan vavenge mauto ePakistan, izvo zvakaita kuti zviomere Niazi kukunda mamiriro acho ezvinhu. Pana 1011 April 1971, akatungamira musangano wevakuru vakuru vake kuti aongorore mamiriro ezvinhu asi, maererano nezvapupu, akashandisa mutauro unotuka wakanangana nevapanduki veBengali. Kubva muna May kusvika muna August 1971, Indian Army yakadzidziswa Mukti Bahini akatungamirira Operation Jackpot, nhevedzano yekurwisa mapoka evapanduki kurwisa Eastern Command, uye Niazi akatanga kutora matanho ekupikisa kupandukira kweBengali. Pakazosvika June 1971, akatumira mishumo pamusoro pokumukira ndokucherechedza kuti vapanduki 30 000 vakakurumidza kurovedzwa neIndia pamuganhu weIndia neEast Pakistan. Muna August 1971, Niazi akaronga hurongwa hwokudzivirira miganhu kubva kuuto reIndia raifambira mberi rakavakirwa papfungwa yesimba zvinoreva kushandura mataundi nemisha yemuganhu kuita nhare. 