OBITUARY-Colonel Aga Javed Iqbal, 5 Probyns Horse
Colonel Aga Javed Iqbal, 5 Probyns Horse Colonel Aga Javed Iqbal, 5 Probyns Horse sunday, 28 July 2013 FROM MY DEAR FRIEND DR HAMID HUSSAIN IN THE USA Colonel Aga Javed Iqbal (October 23, 1930 – July 16, 2013) Hamid Hussain Colonel Aga Javed Iqbal passed away in Dubai on July 16, 2013. He was from the first generation of post-independence officer corps that joined Pakistan army right after independence. He was from the generation that absorbed all the best traditions of British Indian army and carried it forward in the formative years of the army of the new nation. He was born in Montgomery (now renamed Sahiwal) on 23rd October 1930. He was commissioned with the 3 rd PMA Long Course and joined Probyn's Horse on 16 July 1951. Probyn's Horse was numbered 5 in 1922 re-organization but it is the only cavalry regiment of India and Pakistan still known as Probyn's Horse. He was adjutant of the Regiment from 6 September 1953 to 19 February 195...