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Today is Youm-e-Shahadat of Havaldar Lalak Jan for further details please click on the link below...
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Youm-e-Shahadat of Captain Karnal Sher Khan
Today is Youm-e-Shahadat of Captain Karnal Sher Khan please click on the link below for more details...
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Sunday, April 6, 2014
Havildar Lalak Jan
| He was born on 1 Apr 1967. He was enlisted in the Army on 10 December 1984. He was serving in Northern Light Infantry Regiment when skirmishes broke out in Kargil in 1999. Havildar Lalak Jan of the Northern Light Infantry Regiment fought from the forefront to thwart heavy Indian attacks. He volunteered himself to be deployed on the front positions located at the jagged peak in May 1999. Havildar Lalak Jan repulsed back many aggressive ventures by the enemy and imposed colossal losses on them. On 7 July 1999, Havildar Lalak Jan sustained serious injuries as enemies pounded the area with heavy mortar shells. But despite being injured, he retained his position and frustrated the Indian assault. Due to severe injuries he embraced martyrdom. |
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Captain Karnal Sher Khan
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He was born on 1 January 1970. He was commissioned in the Army on 14 October 1994. Captain Karnal Sher Khan emerged as the symbol of mettle and courage during the Kargil conflict on the Line of Control. He set personal examples of bravery and inflicted heavy losses on the enemy. He defended the five strategic posts, which he established with his jawans at the height of 17,000 feet at Gultary, and repulsed many Indian attacks. After many abortive attempts, the Indians on 5 July 1999 ringed the posts of Captain Karnal Sher Khan with the help of two battalions and unleashed heavy mortar fire and managed to capture some part of one of his posts. Despite facing all odds, he led a counter-attack and re-captured the lost parts of his post. But during the course, he was hit by the machine-gun fire and embraced ‘SHAHADAT’ at the same post.
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Lance Naik Muhammad Mahfuz
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| He was born on 25 October 1944 in Pind Malikan (now Mahfuzabad), Rawalpindi district. He was enlisted in the Army on 25 October 1962. Serving in ‘A’ Company of 15 Punjab Regiment when war broke out in 1971, Lance Naik Muhammad Mahfuz was deployed on the Wagha-Attari Sector where his company was pinned down by unceasing frontal and crossfire from automatic weapons. Although his machine gun was destroyed by an enemy shell, Muhammad Mahfuz advanced towards an enemy bunker whose automatic fire had inflicted heavy casualties. Even though wounded in both legs by shell splinters, when he reached the bunker he stood up and pounced on the enemy, in the encounter he was hit with a bayonet. Although unarmed, he got hold of the enemy and did another bayonet strangling with him. Due to serious injuries he embraced martyrdom on the night of 17 December 1971. |
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Friday, January 10, 2014
Major Muhammad Akram
He was born on 4 April 1938 in Dingha, Gujrat District. He was commissioned in the Frontier Force Regiment on 13 October 1963. Major Muhammad Akram and a company of 4 Frontier Force Regiment, which he commanded in the forward area in Hilli district, in East Pakistan in 1971, came under incessant air, artillery and armour attacks. But for an entire fortnight, despite enemy superiority in both numbers and fire power, he and his men repulsed every attack, inflicting heavy casualties on the enemy. Major Muhammad Akram embraced martyrdom during this epic battle on 5 December 1971. Major Akram embraced shahadat fighting at close quarter battle in the famous "Battle of Hilli" and was awarded with the fifth Nishan-e-Hiader.
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Sowar Mohammad Hussain
He was born on 18 June 1949 in Dhok Pir Bakhsh (now Dhok Muhammad Husain Janjua). He was enlisted as a driver on 3 September 1966. Although only a driver in the 20th Lancers, when war broke out in 1971 Sowar Muhammad Hussain took an active part in every battle in which his unit was engaged unmindful of any danger, no mater how grave. When he spotted the enemy close to a minefield near the village of Harar Khurd in December 1971, on his own initiative he directed accurate fire at the enemy resulting in the destruction of sixteen enemy tanks. But while directing fire from recoilless rifles, he was hit in the chest by a burst of machine-gun fire and embraced martyrdom on 10 December 1971. While he was awarded with the Nishan-e-Haider for his courage and bravery, his village elders as a tribute to his bravery renamed their village as Dhok Muhammad Hussain Janjua.
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Thursday, January 9, 2014
Major Shabbir Sharif
He was
born on 28 April 1943 in Kunjah, Gujrat District. He was commissioned
into the Frontier Force Regiment on 19 April 1964. Major Shabbir Sharif,
as commander of a company of 6 Frontier Force Regiment, was ordered in
December 1971 to capture high ground near Sulemanki Headworks defended
by more than a company of the Assam Regiment supported by a squadron of
tanks. In a well organized superhuman action, for the next three days
and nights after crossing a minefield and massive obstacles and killing
forty-three soldiers and destroying four tanks, Major Shabbir Sharif and
his men held two enemy battalions at bay. But after he took over an
anti-tank gun from his gunner in an attack he embraced martyrdom by a
direct hit in the afternoon of 6 December 1971. Brave as he always was, he proved his mettle once again and was awarded with the coveted Nishan-e-Haider.
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Major Raja Aziz Bhatti
He was
born in 1928 in Hong Kong. He was commissioned into the Punjab Regiment,
in 1950. On 6 September 1965, as a Company Commander in the Burki area
of the Lahore sector, Major Raja Aziz Bhatti chose to stay with his
forward platoon under incessant artillery and tank attacks for five days
and nights in the defence of the strategic BRB Canal. Throughout,
undaunted by constant fire from enemy small arms, tanks and artillery,
he organized the defence of the canal, directing his men to answer the
fire until he was hit by an enemy tank shell and embraced martyrdom on
10 September 1965.
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Major Tufail Muhammad
He was
born in 1914 in Hoshiarpur. He was commissioned into the 16th Punjab
Regiment in 1943. In August 1958, Major Tufail Muhammad, a Company
Commander in the East Pakistan Rifles, and his patrol encircled an
Indian post in the Lakshmirpur area. And, though mortally wounded in the
hand-to-hand encounter that followed, Major Tufail Muhammad continued
to lead his troops till the Indians were driven out, leaving four dead
and three prisoners. He embraced martyrdom the same day i.e, 7 August
1958. He was awarded with the second Nishan-e-Haider for his gallantry.
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Naik Saif Ali Janjua
He was
born on 25 April 1922 in Khandbaz Tehsil Nakial (Azad Jammu &
Kashmir). He was enlisted in the Royal Corps of Engineers in British
Indian Army on 18 March 1941. After completing his service in the
British Indian Army in 1947, he came back to his native town and started
establishing Haidri Force with the support of Sardar Fateh Muhammad
Karailvi. On 1st Janaury 1948, Haidri Force was raised as “Sher-e-Riasti
Battalion” under the command of Lt. Col. Muhammad Sher Khan. Due to his
unflinching devotion and undaunted courage, on the recognition of his
dedication and commitment to the cause, he was accoladed with the rank
of Naik and was made platoon commander. He set personal examples of
gallantry and inflicted heavy losses on the enemy at Bhudha Khanna where
his platoon was given the responsibility to defend Budha Khanna where
he faced never-ending frontal and crossfire from machine guns. He
defended the post with chivalry, which he established with his few
jawans and repulsed many aggressive ventures by the enemy and imposed
colossal losses on them. The enemy used every mean to capture the post
with two companies attack and heavy Arty bombardment but with unwavering
determination and passion for Martyrdom bought the enemies on their
knees. Despite facing all odds, he led his jawans while setting personal
example of bravery and valour and remained steadfast and unmoved on the
post. During the course of action, despite being hit on his chest by
Arty fire, he retained his position and frustrated the Indian assault.
Due to severe injuries he embraced Martyrdom on 26 October 1948. On 14th
March 1949, the Defence Council of Azad Jammu & Kashmir adorned him
with Hilal-e-Kashmir (posthumous) and on 30th November 1995 Government
of Pakistan initiated the gazette notification to declare his
Hilal-e-Kashmir equilent to Nishan-e Haider.
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Captain Muhammad Sarwar
He was
born in 1910 in Village Sanghori, District Rawalpindi. He was
commissioned into the Punjab Regiment, in 1944. During the Kashmir
Operations soon after the birth of Pakistan, as a Company Commander in
the 2nd Battalion of the Punjab Regiment, Captain Muhammad Sarwar
launched an attack causing heavy casualties against a strongly fortified
enemy position in the Uri Sector under heavy machine-gun, grenade and
mortar fire. But on 27 July 1948, as he moved forward with six of his
men to cut their way through a barbed wire barrier, he got martyrdom
when his chest was hit by a burst of automatic fire.
For his courage, selflessness and bravery, he was awarded with the first Nishan-e-Haider.
For his courage, selflessness and bravery, he was awarded with the first Nishan-e-Haider.
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