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  20 July, 2008 Brig Kamal Alam and Colonel Anwars Criticism of Chawinda and A.H Amin's Reply Defence Journal January 2002 Dear Major Sehgal,  In his letter in Defence Journal of Aug 2001, Mr . Amin says that in the Pak Army Journal (Summer 97) Brig Nisar does not mention any order coming his way from his Brigade Comd on 8 Sept 1965. I am no historian but some questions immediately come to mind viz. Does Col Nisar also mention that the Brigade Commander told him to “do something”? If not who is to be believed, Brig Nisar or Gen Riza. And if he was not told to “do something“, what major event galvanized him into taking this unilateral action against the enemy advance? Did he get information about the enemy advance himself, or did someone give it to him, and if so who? When he got his information, was he in the presence of the Brigade Commander , or was in wireless contact with him? And when he decided to strike out on his own, did he at least inform the Brigade? And if so what ...

  20 July, 2008 Major Shamshads Rebuttal of Farouk Adams Account of Chawinda-Defence Journal September 2001 The Editor  Defence Journal  Karachi.  Dear Sir,  Brig (Retd) Muhammad Ahmed  The May 2001 edition of your esteemed magazine carries a letter by Brig (Retd) Mohammed Ahmed which mentions as under,  “Major Shamshad is right, in a way, when he says only Charlie Squadron went up to Pasrur. The little difference being that only Charlie Squadron went up to Pasrur the others were turned back half way when the Jassar fiasco was discovered. I would like to correct the record here. The entire action of night 7/8 and 08 Sept has been covered in a single article appeared in Oct 1997 edition of DJ. I have nowhere stated or recorded what Brig Ahmed has ascribed to me. An editing error has appeared in the March 2001 edition of DJ which the Brig should have corrected rather than confirming it. The fact is that entire regiment moved to Pasrur on its way to Jassa...

 600 COPIES OF THE BOOK BELOW BOUGHT BY PRIME NORTH AMERICAN ARMY Why Indian Army and Pakistan Army Failed in 1965 War by  Agha H. Amin    |  Oct 29, 2013 Paperback $86.99 $ 86 . 99 Or $29.00/mo (3 mo) at 0% APR $14.98 delivery Ships to Pakistan More Buying Choices $22.00 (8 used & new offers) A Collage of Memories from the past Maj (Retd) AGHA HUMAYUN AMIN    Major Agha.H.Amin (Retired) Commissioned in the old PAVO Cavalry now known as 11 Cavalry (FF) .Served in various command , staff,instructional and research assignments till the rank of a major commanding an independent tank squadron. Wrote three tactical pamphlets in service one of which "Tactical Handling of Recce Troop" was subjected to actual trials. Now involved in oil and gas and power projects and successfully performed Asian Development Bank CASA 1000 Power study for SNC Lavalin Canada and World Banks UAP Power study for SNC Lavalin Canada. Author Pakistan Army till 1965, Atlas and His...