The photograph was taken at PMA after dress inspection and before advanced drill competition
The very next term on passing out I opted for Engineers as my first choice of arms but got Artillery, the second choice
That was the first time I missed a potential visit to Risalpur
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There were more chances of visiting the 'Home of Engineers' but somehow I couldn't make it
Had I been there, I would have known about Capt Nisar Ahmed Shaheed
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Nisar of Gibraltar
M̵i̵s̵s̵i̵n̵g̵ ̵B̵e̵l̵i̵e̵v̵e̵d̵ Killed in Action
*image from defence.pk*
Captain Nisar was part of Op Gibraltar the botched venture aimed at infiltrations into IHK by a composite force of Pak Army regulars and mujahids
The details about the Op and Nisar’s force are scanty, not readily available and shrouded into mystery
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*images from Facebook*
Gen Mahmud's magnum opus on 1965 Indo-Pak war gives us the broad parameters of Gibraltar Forces
Nisar was part of Salahuddin Force led by Major Mansha launched from Bedori Bulge aiming to strike targets in and around Srinagar
Still we don't see Capt Nisar into much of action
@capt_amarinder and LTG Tejinder Shergill's monumental Monsoon War brings to us some news from the valley from the initial days of the infiltrations
Salahuddin Force having infiltrated undetected lost cover on Aug 5 through the hands of a Gujjar boy of village Darra Kassi
and then an unconventional narrative
“Commando Alamgir Ki Kahani” a live memoir of an officer from Gibraltar Force first featured in 1985 Silver Jubilee Number of Urdu Digest
Inayatullah of Hikayat Digest then published a story based onto Alamgir's narrative ‘Do Puloñ Ki Kahani’
Of all these, the most accurate and an intimate account comes from Shemeem Abbas, widow of Capt Nisar Ahmed Shaheed SJ
The last letter from her husband and her rough journey of discovering Nisar from believed missing to killed in action
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image from thefridaytimes.com/the-last-lette…
Captain Nisar Ahmed Shaheed, SJ of Operation Gibraltar lies buried in an unmarked grave in a village named Khag not very far from Srinagar
My readers interested to read more can access the full story at MANI JUNCTION 👇
meemainseen.com/2019/09/gibral…
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