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From: Ayub Bham
From: Khaled Nizami
Sent: Saturday, February 09, 2013 7:56 PM
Subject: Salute to them - They gave their life for us..
..Subject: Salute to them - They gave their life for us..
A NATION NEEDS HEROES
This morning as I opened my emails I became aware for the first time that a young SSG officer of the Pakistan Army Capt Bilal Zafar had embraced shahadat in Lower Dir on 17 May 2009. Some caring soul had opened a website in his honor (www.captainbilalshaheed.com ) with a lovely picture of Capt Zafar in uniform with the badges of a UN Peacekeeper. For many minutes I sat riveted staring at his face, at his eyes and his smile, and trying to look into his soul to find where does a young man of 25 find the courage and motivation to give the ultimate sacrifice. And Capt Bilal was not alone. I opened Youtube and more names of shaheeds appeared : Capt Asim Iqbal, Capt Najam Riaz, Maj Adil, Capt Salman Farooq, Capt Abid Majeed, and Lt Atif. God be praised.
Through the day I kept returning to the picture of Capt Bilal and each time it took me back in time 38 years to the 1971 Pakistan India War when my friend and comrade Capt Hassan Zaheer SJ embraced shahadat in Chammb (now Iftikharabad) fighting for his country, for the Army and for his regiment 26 Cavalry. Like Capt Bilal, Hassan Zaheer also had a strong premonition that death was stalking him and embraced it willingly. “Ali my friend” he wrote, “This is the last letter I am writing to you”. Like Capt Bilal, my friend Zaheer too was a hero in another time and another place.
By the time evening came I had a strong urge to honor this young brave man for making us proud. I wish I could write a whole book about him but I didn’t know him nor his friends or his family. What I do know (and I saw it very closely 38 years ago in Hassan Zaheer), is that to be a hero he must have had at the foremost, like those other brave officers, a purity of soul that emerges from upbringing and family values. Equally important is an inner strength to do what the situation demanded; an inner strength that is a product of training, esprit-de-corps, faith, self respect, honor, dignity. The inner strength that the Pakistan Armed Forces inculcate in leadership at all levels. That is why the Pakistan Armed Forces have been able to give the nations its heroes throughout our history from the Kashmir Operations of 1948-49, the wars of 1965 and 1971, Siachen, Kashmir, Kargil and now the operations against the militants.
For those who profess that the Pakistan Army has changed over the years, I say “yes”; change is inevitable but the Army still retains its core values and competencies. The Army still knows how to fight, to adapt to different forms of warfare, to plan and successfully execute complex operations, to defeat the enemy at their own game, to lead soldiers into combat, and to sacrifice their today so that the nation can have its tomorrow. Its officers still lead from the front and the ratio of casualties of officers compared to the soldiers has and as proved recently continues to be high.
I never had the pleasure of meeting Capt Zafar but standing on the roof of my house in Islamabad I can see the pretty valley ten kilometers away which nestles his village of Karor overlooking Simly Dam. Next week I will go and pay respects at his grave, pray for his soul and thank the Almighty, the Pakistan Army, his parents and family and not the least Capt Bilal Zafar for having given the nation another hero. In these difficult times we need them badly. God bless Pakistan.
Author : Maj Gen ® Syed Ali Hamid
Email : sa.hamid@kestral.com
The gallant sons of the soil who gave the ultimate sacrifice.
Major Zahid Bari (Shaheed) in the middle..
Captain Junaid Khan (Shaheed) of SSG . "Tamgha-e-Basalat"
Shaheed Flg/Off Minhaj-ul- Hassan..
Capt Raja Najam Shaheed
TWO SHAHEEDS TOGETHER.. CAPT MUNEEB SHAHEED , CAPT. AMJAD SHAHEED. —
Captain Najam Riaz (SSG) Shaheed
Major Umair Khan Bangash TAMGHA-i-BASALAT' shaheed
Captain Bilal Zafar Shaheed..
Squadron Leader Masood Rizvi Shaheed.
Captain Fasih Babar Shaheed Presented Guard of Honor. He got commissioned in Pakistan army in October 2007. He had a wife and a son whose age was just about one and a half year. His funeral prayers were being offered in pindi.
RECIEVING ROCKET ON CHEST IS NOT AN EASY JOB.THERE ARE ONLY FEW WHO GET THIS HONOUR. AND THEY ARE THOSE CHOSEN ONE WHO ALWAYS KEEP THEIR HONOUR AND DIGNITY SUPREME.THEY ARE THE REAL HEROES AND HEROES DIE YOUNG.BILLAL YOUR HEROIC ACT WILL ALWAYS BE REMEMBERED. AND WILL REMAIN A SOURCE OF MOTIVATION FOR US..
MAJOR SHAOIB
Who survived the Mi 17 crash in jan before dying on 14 july 2012 crash.
After the crash he pulled out 2 men who have both survived and walked to the ambulance before collapsing unconscious. Unable to open his eyes, he told his wife to take care of his mother and 2 daughters before he was evacuated to Kharian Army burn hospital. He asked about Amir, his co pilot and coursemate who didnt survive the crash. Multiple heart attacks, swellings and infections finaly took him from us. His heroic act of valor in saving his crew while he himself burned will be not be forgotten. ALlah bless him the highest place in jannat.
LT Wajeeh Bangash Shaheed after getting rid of 7 militants got a sniper shot on his head and embraced Shahadat!
Capt. Raja Farhan Ali Shaheed...
Capt. Mannan Shaheed with His Mother...
Lt Colonel Amir abbas Shaheed With his 2 cute angels Syed Khariq Abbas n Syeda Areeza Abbas...
capt zubair shaheed.(left)
capt babar shaheed
Captain Doctor Muhammad Ali khan (Shaheed)
Capt. Abdul Qadir Khan who embrace shahadat on 20th October.He was born in 1983.He joined Pakistan Army in 2003.
capt tariq,survived a IED attack in march 2009,died in feb 11 in ops bara
Lt. Taimoor Shah , S/O Ashfaq Hussain Shah
A valiant Son of 71 Baloch Regiment Belongs to Haider 118 ..Taimoor was born on 14 Aug 1986
He Embraced shahdat Near Kashmoor On Sep 23, 2009...
Capt Tariq Jamal Shaheed......
Lieutenant Yasir (Shaheed)
Capt Mannan Shaheed
Captain Dr. Sharjeel has just embraced Shahadat in waana Waziristan.
LT. Ammad (Shaheed)
Captain Hassan Abid Shaheed.
Captain Haider Nawaz Murawat
Lieutenant Faiz Sultan Awan Shaheed
Lt Atta Ur Rehman Shaheed
Amjad Razaq Shaheed SSG(N)
capt rahman.SSG, shaheed
Memorable pic of Ft. Lt. Ali Raza Tarar Shaheed.
Muhammad Bin Hassan, son of Captain Hassan Shaheed.
Born of June 10,2011. 4 months after Capt. Hassan embrace Shahadat.
Major Zia ul Haq Shaheed. Embrace Shahadat on 30th July ,
Cute Son of Captain Rashid Hakeem (Shaheed)
Mohammad Rashid...
Squadron Leader Muhammad Hussain shaheed...
Got Martyred on 14 of november in the incident of JF thunder crashed at a hill near the garrison town of Attock, 65 kilometres northwest of Islamabad..
May his Soul Rest In Peace ..
PROUD SONS OF MOTHERLAND PAKISTAN. Major Mujahid and Captain Usman -- Embrace SHAHADAT together on Salala checkpost defending Pak Sarzameen! 22 other soldiers who Embrace Shahahdat with them
Captain Salman (Shaheed)
Lt. Atta Shaheed
maj zaka shaheed n his daughter wid a son born after he died.
One year Old Son of Major Muddasir Bajwa (shaheed)
Son of Major Zahid Bari (Shaheed)
by the time u see this messsage God knows how many more PROUD SONS OF OUR ARMED FORCES have joined them..
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