Major Shamshads Rebuttal of Farouk Adams Account of Chawinda-Defence Journal September 2001
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...