Sunday 10 July 2011

TRIBUTE TO PAKISTAN ARMY



SHAHEED PAKISTAN ARMY
   
Captain Mohammad Sarwar, Punjab Regiment
Date of Shahadat : 27th July 1948

Naik Saif Ali Janjua, Azad Kashmir Regiment (Was awarded Hilal-e-Kashmir - an equivalent to Nishan-i-Haider)
Date of Shahadat : 26th April 1948

Major Tufail Mohammad, Punjab Regiment
Date of Shahadat : 7th August 1958

Major Raja Aziz Bhatti, Punjab Regiment
Date of Shahadat : 12th September 1965

Pilot Officer Rashid Minhas, Pakistan Air Force
Date of Shahadat : 20th August 1971


Major Shabbir Sharif Frontier Force Regiment
Date of Shahadat : 7th December 1971

Sowar Mohammad Hussain, Armoured Corps
Date of Shahadat : 10th December 1971

Major Mohammad Akram, Frontier Force Regiment
Date of Shahadat : 15th December 1971

Lance Naik Mohammad Mahfuz, Punjab Regiment
Date of Shahadat : 17th December 1971

Captain Karnal Sher Khan, Sind Regiment
Date of Shahadat : 7th July 1999

 

Havildar Lalak Jan, Northern Light Infantry
Date of Shahadat : 7th July 1999




DETAILS:


Total Population of PAKISTAN: 187,342,721
 [2011]
Population Available: 93,351,401
 [2011]
Fit for Military Service: 75,326,989 [2011]
Reaching Military Age Annually: 4,342,629 [2011]
Active Military Personnel: 617,000 [2011]
Active Military Reserve: 515,500 [2011]





TRIBUTE TO PAKISTANI ARMY







LAST WORDS:

Even in his last moments, Khan Liaqat Ali Khan was thinking of his nation. Other then remembering God and reciting the kalima, his last words were “Allah Pakistan ko apni amaan main rakhay “(God keep Pakistan under His protection)

Courtesy Rahat Minhas: this is conversation between Pilot Officer Rashid Minhas and air control at PAF Base Masroor around 1130 am on August 20, 1971 (transcript below).

Rashid's aircraft, whose call sign was 166, got hijacked and he crashed it in order to prevent its crossing into India (it was carrying only him and the hijacker). He was posthumously awarded the highest military award, Nishan-i-Haider, and this recording was broadcast in a radio documentary about him soon afterwards.

A visitor ("PureHoney") has kindly provided the following transcript although some of the words may still be doubtful:

0:23 "166 is Hijacked" (Rashid Minhas Shaheed)
0:30 "166 Hijacked" (Rashid Minhas Shaheed)
0:38 "Hijacked by whom, over" (Control Tower)
0:40 "166 is Hijacked" (Rashid Minhas Shaheed)
0:42 "Hijacked by whom" (Control Tower)
0:50 "By whom, over" (Control Tower)
0:52 "166 is Hijacked" (Rashid Minhas Shaheed)



           Great were those who lead their lives for their country Pakistan. We will never forget what they have done for the safety of this beloved country. A special tribute to those mothers who start training their sons from his first day. We salute those soldiers who always fought from the front.  

PAKISTAN ZINDABAD



Wednesday 6 July 2011

DAMS IN PAKISTAN


List of Dams in Pakistan

Dhok Tallian Lake Dam
Damani Dam


Ghazi Barotha Dam


Gomal Dam

Hub Dam
Khanpur Dam

Mangla Dam

Mirani Dam


Rawal lake Dam


Sabakzai Dam


Tarbela Dam


Warsak Dam



and many other small projects.

HEROS

QUAID-E-AZAM

"Few individuals significantly alter the course of history. Fewer still modify the map of the world. Hardly anyone can be credited with creating a nation-state. Mohammad Ali Jinnah did all three."
Stanley Wolpert
Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah the founder of Pakistan was born in Karachi on December 25th, 1876. He got his early education at Karachi and at the age of 16 he went to England for further studies. In 1896, Jinnah qualified for the Bar and in 1897 was called to the Bar. It was his struggle that despite stiff opposition from the Hindu Congress and the British Govt., Muslims of Sub continent managed to get their own home land on August 14, 1947. Jinnah was a man of principles. He was probably the only person among all the big leaders of the world, who never went to jail. He was the first Governor General of Pakistan.
His motto was Unity, Faith and Discipline.


ALLAMA IQBAL
Allama Iqbal, a great poet-philosopher and an active political leader was born in 1877 in Sialkot. He obtained Bachelor of Arts Degree from the Government College Lahore. Later he proceeded to Europe for higher studies and did his doctorate at Munich and finally he was able to qualify as a barrister. In 1908, on returning to India, besides teaching and practicing Law, Iqbal continued to write poetry. He resigned from the Government service in 1911 and took to the propagation of his individual thinking to the Muslims through his poetry.


CHAUDARY RAHMAT ALI
M.A. and L.L.B. with honors from the universities of Cambridge and Dublin. It was during the years 1930 and 1933 that he seemed to have established "The Pakistan National Movement" with its headquarters in Cambridge. On January 28, 1933 he issued his first memorable pamphlet "Now or never, Are we to live or perish for ever ?" He was the first to coin the word "Pakistan" in 1933.


LIAQUAT ALI KHAN
He was a Pakistani statesman who became the 1st prime minister of Pakistan, Defense minister and commonwealth, Kashmir Affairs. He was also the first finance minister in the interim government of British India prior to the independence of both India and Pakistan in 1946. Liaquat rose to political prominence as a member of the All India Muslim League (1 October 1895 – 16 October 1951) 


SIR SYED AHMED KHAN
The greatest Muslim reformer and statesman of the 19th Century, Sir Syed Ahmad Khan was born in Delhi on October 17, 1817. His family on the maternal and paternal side had close contacts with the Mughal court. His maternal grandfather, Khwajah Farid was a Wazir in the court of Akbar Shah II. His paternal grandfather Syed Hadi held a mansab and the title of Jawwad Ali Khan in the court of Alamgir II. His father, Mir Muttaqi, had been close to Akbar Shah since the days of his prince-hood. Syed Ahmad's mother, Aziz-un-Nisa, took a great deal of interest in the education and upbringing of her son. She imposed a rigid discipline on him and Sir Syed himself admitted that her supervision counted for much in the formation of his character.

Tuesday 5 July 2011

MOUNTAINS

Mustagh Tower (7273 m)  
K2
Second highest mountain in the world
Korambar Glacier Ishkoman Valley
Nanga Parbat (8125 m)
Baltoro Glacier
Banak Pass 4964m
Gasherbru-II (8034 m)
Karakoram
Trango Tower (6257 m)
Mazeno Pass Nanga Parbat

World RankRank (Pakistan)NameHeight (m)Location
21Godwin Austen/K28611Karakoram
92Nanga Parbat8126Himalaya
113Gasherbrum I/K58080Baltoro Karakoram
124Broad Peak8051Baltoro Karakoram
135Gasherbrum II/K48035Baltoro Karakoram

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Pakistan is a land of varied and unique landscape. While high mountain ranges dominate its North, series of low mountain ranges of Suleman, Pub, Kirthar and Mekran extend from North to Southwest and to South in a bone like manner. These low ranges dominate the plains and deserts to the East and warm and captivating beaches of the Arabian Sea to the South. It is, however, Northern Pakistan which is endowed with most unique geographical feature in the world. It is here that the three great, lofty and spectacular mountain ranges, Karakoram, Hindukush and Himalayas meet. In an area of about 500 kms in width and 350 kms in depth, is found the most dense collection of some of the highest and precipitous peaks in the world, boasting more than 700 peaks above 6000 metres, and more than 160 peaks above 7000 metres.
These include five out of the total fourteen above eight thousand metre high peaks on earth, namely the second highest rock pyramid - the K-2 (8611 m), the killer mountain Nanga Parbat (8125 m), the Hidden Peak, Gasherbrum I (8068 m), the Broad Peak (8047 m) and the Gasherbrum II (8035 m). This enormous mountain wealth makes Pakistan an important mountain country, offering great opportunities for mountaineering and mountain related adventure activities. The area is aptly called a paradise for mountaineers, adventure seekers and nature lovers. The compelling charm of these high, challenging, endless sea of rugged rock and ice pinnacles lure large number of climbers, adventure seekers and nature lovers from across the five continents to the Northern Areas and Chitral, each year.