MAJOR GENERAL HAMEED GUL VIISTS A NEWLY RAISED REGIMENT FOR DINNER IN APRIL AND MAY 1985

NOTETHIS COLLECTION HAS HISTORICAL VALUE.

MAJOR GENERAL HAMEED GUL VISITS THE NEWLY RAISED TANK REGIMENT AT SHER SHAH IN 1985 CONDUCTED BY THE COMMANDING OFFICER KHAN TARIQ EQBAL E 11 CAVALRY !JUNE 1985.

HAMEED GUL WALKS WITH LT COL KHAN TARIQ IQBAL WHILE LT COL KHWAJA MOHAMMAD NASIR "OLD 1# LANCERS$WALKS ON E TREME RIGHT

MAJOR GENERAL HAMEED GUL SITTING WITH THE OFFICERS IN THE FIELD MESS.ON HIS RIGHT IS BRIGADIER JAFFER KHAN THE BRIGADE COMMANDER AND ON HIS LEFT ARE LT COL KHAN TARIQ IQBAL AND ON E TRENE LEFT THE COLONEL STAFF COLONEL ASIF KAMAL MIR%A

LISTENING TO THE MONOLOGUE OF MAJOR GENERAL HAMEED GUL IN THE FIELD MESS.MYSELF E TREME LEFT!MOHSIN ABBAS!MAHMUD SADIQ "NOW BRIGADIER$!NAJEEB "NOW MAJOR$!JAHAN%EB "RETIRED AS A MAJOR$!AF%AAL BHATTI "LATER BRIG$ AND ADC OF MAJ GEN HAMEED GUL CAPTAIN A%AM SULEMAN "SON OF MY FATHERS CO LT COL SULEMAN $ LATER COMMISSIONER LAHORE

M&'() G*+*)&, H&-**. G/, 0+ 12* F0*,. M*33 4012 (5506*)3.O+ 203 ,*51 L1 C(, K2&+ T&)07 I78&, "(/) (9*) 6,*9*) &+. 6(+5()-031 6(--&+.0+: (5506*) 4012(/1 &+; .&32 () .;+&-03-$ &+. (+ 203 )0:21 L1 C(, K24&'& M(2&--&. N&30) " & 8(,. &+. .&320+: (5506*)$

GOING FOR PRAYERS.MYSELF AND SECOND LIEUTENANT MOHSIN ABSTAINED FROM SAYING PRAYERS BECAUSE WE THOUGHT THAT MOST OFFICERS WERE SAYING THE PRAYERS JUST BECAUSE THEY WERE CAREERISTS AND WERE NOT PRAYING OUT OF CONVICTION

MAJOR GENERAL HAMEED GUL LINES UP TO SAY HIS PRAYERS.BEHIND HIM DASHING AND UNORTHODO LT COL KHWAJA MOHAMMAD NASIR PERVE% ! NOT A RELIGIOUS MAN AT ALL !BUT CONFORMING

WALKING IN TO HAVE DINNER WITH THE REGIMENT

HAMEED GUL FOLLOWED BY KHAN TARIQ EQBAL !RISALDAR AF%AL "AN OUTSTANDING JC<$ COL ASIF KAMAL MIR%A AND BRIGADIER JAFAR KHAN "AN OUTSTANDING AND E TREMELY UPRIGHT OFFICER AND BM 5= BRIGADE IN EAST PAKISTAN IN 19=1 WAR$

HAVING DINNER WITH TROOPS

HAVING DINNER WITH CLERK RUSTAM WHO DROWNED IN OLD BAHAWAL CANAL IN SEPTEMBER 1985.IN THE BACK ROW WITH BACK TOWARDS CAMERA LT COL KHWAJA MOHAMMAD NASIR

CAPTAIN JAHAN%EB ! MAJOR %AHID FROM 1> FF!CAPTAIN AF%AAL BHATTI AND CAPTAIN AYA% GILLANI "LATER BRIGADIER$.WITH THE BACK TOWARDS CAMERA ON E TREME LEFT CAPTAIN ATAULLAH JAN SHINWARI

MY DEAR FRIEND AND SQUADRON COMMANDER MAJOR IQBAL SHAH AND CAPTAIN ASHFAQ AFRIDI "A FINE SOUL AND A NEPHEW OF THE FAMOUS PSYCHIATRIST MAJOR GENERAL SHUAIB$

LT COL KHWAJA MOHAMMAD NASIR " A FINE OFFICER?BROTHER OF LT GEN KHWAJA MOHAMMAD NASIR DG ISI WHO WAS MY FATHERS STUDENT$

MAJOR GENERAL HAMEED GUL ADDRESSES THE TROOPS AFTER DINNER

TROOPS PERFORM A DANCE TO ENTERTAIN THE GENERAL

RISALDAR ANWAR "E 19 LANCERS$ AN OUTSTANDING JCO.A GUJJAR FROM BHIMBAR DISTRICT.ON THE RIGHT DAFFADAR BASHIR MY TROOP DAFFADAR FROM 11CAVALRY ORIGINALLY.

THE WATERMANSHIP AT SHER SHAH WHERE MAJOR IQBAL SHAH AND MYSELF DISOBEYED THE CO OVER A MATTER OF PRINCIPLE ABOUT NOT AGREEING TO RE?DO THE

SWIMMING COMPETITION BECAUSE OUR A SQUADRON HAD WON AND THE CO DID NOT LIKE US.

TENSE ATMOSPHERE AT WATERMANSHIP AS CAOTAIN ATAULLAH JAN SHINWARI TRIES TO PACIFY MAJOR IQBAL SHAH.I LOOK OUTWARDS IN SHEER DISGUST.CAPTAIN TALHA MAJEED KHAN " A FINE SOUL$ WITH GLASSES AND ON E TREME RIGHT YOUNG AND FRESHLY COMMISSIONED SECOND LIEUTENANT NAJEEB AJMAL KHAN.

GROUP PHOTOGRAPH AT DABBAR WILLA TIBBA.THE CO DID NOT LIKE MAJOR IQBAL SHAH AND MYSELF AND THIS IS CLEARLY VISIBLE IN OUR AND HIS E PRESSIONS.ON IQBAL SHAHS LEFT THE SECOND IN COMMAND MAJOR MUNAWAR HUSSAIN WHO HAD JUST JOINED THE REGIMENT BACK FROM MILITARY ADVISORY MISSION IN IRAQ.MY DEAR FRIEND!NEWLY COMMISSIONED SECOND LIEUTENANT MA%HAR QAYYUM STANDING ON E TREME LEFT.

HAVING TEA WITH MY SECOND TROOP AT KANDEWALA RANGES IN SEPTEMBER 1985

SMALL ARMS FIRING PRACTICE AT ALAMWALI TOBI RODEWALA DAHAR !WITH RISALDAR AF%AL "E TREME LEFT$ AN OUTSTANDING JCO FROM BHIMBHAR!NAIB RISALDAR KD E PAVO 11 CAVALRY AND DAFFADAR BASHIR FROM PIND DADAN KHAN !MY TROOP DAFFADAR AND DEAR FRIEND IN THE CENTRE WITH BEARD.HE WAS E PAVO 11 CAVALRY.

ON MY TANK WITH MY TANK DRIVER MALIK MOHAMMAD A RANGHAR FROM MANGA MANDI AND MY GUNNER YOUSUF "IN CENTRE$ AND DAFFADAR AF%AL AN OUTSTANDING NCO E 5 PROBYNS HORES AT THE KANDEWALA RANGES? SEPTEMBER 1985

MY TANK CREW !YOUSUF GUNNER ! MALIK MOHAMMAD DRIVER!OPERATOR

MY FRIEND MAJOR IQBAL SHAH IN BLACK OVERALLS!A CERTIFIED SYED!SON OF CHAN PIR SHAH!KARDAR OF SIR UMAR HAYAT TIWANA AND SIR KHI%R HAYAT TIWANA.IN THE REAR IN DARK GLASSES THE BRIGADE MAJOR ! MAJOR IFTIKHAR MALIK!A MOST HATED MAN .LATER HE ROSE TO MAJOR GENERAL.HE WAS THE MAN WHO DID NOT ALLOW MAJORS IN DEBRIEFING OF JAHANGIR KARAMATS CORPS E ERCISE OF DECEMBER 199#!BECAUSE I WANTED TO E POSE ALL THE CONTRADICTIONS IN THAT DEMONSTRATION TYPE E ERCISE.

HAND SHAKE WITH VICE CHIEF KM ARIF ,23 JANUARY 1986,IN FEBRUARY 1987 HE BRUSHED ASIDE PROPOSAL OF MY DIVISIONAL AND CORPS COMMANDER TO DISMISS ME ON ROUNDS THAT HE KNEW ME AND THAT I WAS A RE IMENTAL OFFICER OF PAVO 11 CAVALRY!

ROUP PHOTO RAPH WITH VICE CHIEF FEBRUARY 1986

MY TANK CREW CLEANS THEIR TANK NOVEMBER 1986

DELTA S"UADRON #8 CAVALRY THAT I WAS COMMANDIN DOIN TRAININ NEAR WARANWALA TOBA NOVEMBER 1986

WITH DEAR FRIEND LT UMAR $AMAN SHAHID , TANK ,SEPTEMBER 1987

ARA ES

WITH DEAR FRIEND LIEUT UMAR $AMAN SHAHID ALIAS CHAPPA DURIN TRAININ OF NOVEMBER 1987

I MOVE ON MY COMMAND TANK TO "AIMSAR DURIN TRAININ OF NOVEMBER 1987!

ANNUAL

WITH MY FRIEND MAJOR I"BAL SHAH AT KORIANWALA TOBA IN NOVEMBER 1987

WITH DEAR FRIEND UMAR $AMAN SHAHID

WITH RM RIA$ DURIN

1986 MOBILISATION FOR WAR

WITH MOHSIN ABBAS VERY DEAR FRIEND AT END OF TRAININ NOVEMBER 1987

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HAND SHAKE WITH THE VICE CHIEF AS LESSER MORTALS LOOK AT US E%CEPT REAT COLONEL MUNAWAR HUSSAIN!MUNAWAR AS MY COMMANDIN OFFICER DISOBEYED THE BRI ADE COMMANDERS ARBITRARY ORDERS AND WAS MOST UNJUSTLY AND SUMMARILY RETIRED BY ENERAL KAKAR IN 1993 FOR DEFYIN KAKAR IN 1987!HE IS A MAN OF PRINCIPLES AND I HOLD HIM IN VERY HI H ESTEEM! ENERAL KAKARS PAROCHIALISM AND FAVOURITISM WAS WELL E%POSED BY ENERAL MUSHARAF IN HIS BOOK IN THE LINE OF FIRE!

ROUP PHOTO RAPH WITH LT COL MUNAWAR APRIL 1987 MULTAN

WHEN WE WON THE TANK SUB CALIBRE COMPETITION!I WAS THE ASSISTANT UNNERY OFFICER!MYSELF FIFTH FROM RI HT WITH HANDS FOLDED IN FRONT

VICTORY PROCESSION OF #8 CAVALRY IN SEPTEMBER 1987!MYSELF HOLDIN THE TROPHY

I HOLD THE TROPHY

DANCIN

WITH JOY FOR WINNIN

THE TROPHY

WITH LIEUT MOHSIN ABBAS MY CHAKWAL

REAT FRIEND FROM

WITH DEAR FRIENDS MAJOR KAMRAN UL AND CAPTAIN MA$HAR "AYYUM AT THE ARMOUR SCHOOL NOWSHERA IN NOVEMBER 1991