The relaunch ceremony of the book ‘The Way It Was’ was organized to commemorate the distinguished Alam Brothers, a group of remarkable individuals. All nine of them had served in the armed forces, boasting illustrious careers as soldiers. The keynote speaker for the event was the book’s editor, Lt Gen (Retd) Tahir Mehmood Qazi. Special…
‘The Way It Was’ is an autobiography by Brigadier (Retired) Zahir Alam Khan, a former officer in the Pakistan Army. He offers readers a gripping journey through his distinguished career in the Pakistan Army. Spanning from his initiation as a cadet in 1950 to his honourable retirement in 1986, Khan’s autobiography provides an intimate window…
The Annual General Meeting of the KCFR members was held physically at 11:00 am on Saturday 30th July 2022 at Defense Club, DHA Phase 2, Karachi. Following attended: S. No. Name Designation Physical/Virtual 01. Lt. Gen (R) Moinuddin Haider Chief Election Commissioner Physically 02. Mr. Ikram Shegal Chairman Physically 03. Mr. Javed Ashraf Hussain Vice Chairman…
Pakistan will welcome the President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan on an official visit. This will cement the long-standing friendly relations between the two countries and lift them to a new level. Much of this is due to the efforts of President Erdogan, who for the last 16 years has been central in directing the…
Brig Muhammad Taj SJ & Bar died peacefully in CMH, Rawalpindi on Sep 16, 2019 in the early hours of the morning. He was buried the same day in his native village Dewal Sharif, his Soyem is today. While I personally along with all the officers and men of 44 Punjab (now 4 Sindh) grieve…
PLEASE TELL US ABOUT YOUR EARLY LIFE, PARENTS, PLACE OF BIRTH ETC? I took my first breath of life on March 29, 1928 in a remote village Dewal of Murree Tehsil, which is located at the meeting point of borders of three different areas, namely Punjab, NWFP and Azad Kashmir. Surrounded by lofty mountains. Dewal…
Gen MacArthur while addressing the joint session of the houses of the USA, made a historical remark that, “Old Soldiers never die they just fade away.” Major general NK Babar, SJ and Bar breathed his last in early hours of 10th Jan at Peshawar. He was a great leader of men, who infused confidence in…
People like late Maj Gen Nasir Ullah Khan Babar are not born every day. He was twice awarded Sitara-e-Juraat in his military career i.e. in the 1965 and 1971 war and once a Hilal e Shujaat in his civilian career i.e. when he was the Interior Minister and had got released, single handedly, a bus…
It is indeed a privilege and an honor to stand here to-day to pay tribute to the memory of Late Maj Gen Nasirullah Khan Babar. He was a colleague, a friend and above all one of the most striking personalities of our living memories. We have heard the different accounts of those who knew him…
Major General Naseerullah Babar was born in 1928 Ilmaeil Khel near Akora Khattak Nowshera, Khyber-Pukhtunkhwa Pakistan. His family is from the Babar tribe of Pashtuns and hails from the village of Pirpiai in district Nowshera. Babar’s early education was from Presentation Convent School, Peshawar from 1935 to 1939. From 1939 to 1941 he attended Burn…
