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c. 1969: Tail of an Indian Canberra bomber shot down in the 1965 war and exhibited here on public display in #Sahiwal

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September 17, 1965: #Pakistan Army Tank leaving war-front in Sialkot

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c. 1971: "Knowing the Results" - A Pakistani Soldier on Front line - East Pakistan

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c. 1958: Aerial View of #Karachi - during a PAF Air Display

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c. 1947: Aerial View of Masroor Air Base - #Karachi

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December 4, 1971: A Protest in #Karachi about Indian Aggression in East Pakistan

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c. 1965: Old Soldiers Never Die - they just fade away, goes the song.

This 70 years old veteran of Britian's old Frontier force shows up daily carrying his ornately designed rifle and worn sword and announces that he is ready for instant combat in the cease - fire zone between India and Pakistan in 1965 war.

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c. 1971: Pakistani General Amir Abdullah Khan NIAZI, last Governor and Martial law administrator of East Pakistan and the last unified commander of the Eastern Military High Command (seated) confers with an officer 20kms from the frontline with India.
 
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October 27, 1947: Landing of Indian Troops in Srinagar - #Kashmir

Indian troops landed in Srinagar and subjugated major part of Jammu and Kashmir against the aspirations of Kashmiri people and in total disregard to the Partition Plan of the Indian Subcontinent. October 27 is observed as the Black Day to demonstrate to the world that they will never yield to Indian repression.

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c. 1965: No.9 Sqn, led by Sqn Ldr Mervyn L Middlecoat (seen in right along with AM Nur Khan) proved its mettle in air defence, fighter escort and recce mission. No.9 Sqn equipped with Mach 2 supersonic F-104 Strafighter was credited with five kills during the war

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c. 1965: Survivors of the section four F-86s which attacked Amritsar Radar during Indo-Pak 65 War.

From Left to Right: Flt Lt. Cecil Chaudhry, Wg Cdr. Anwar Shamim and Flt Lt. Imtiaz Bhatti

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c. 1965: Col. Anant Singh of Indian 4th Battalion, Sikh Regiment is greeted by his old war-buddy, Pakistani Subedar of 15th Battalion, Punjab Regiment at a PoW Camp near Lahore. It was their first meeting since they fought together with the British-Indian forces in World War II

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c. 1965: Flight Lieutenant Cecil Chaudhry being interviewed by the media during the 1965 Pakistan-India war.
Group Captain Cecil Chaudhry (27 August 1941 – 13 April 2012) was a Pakistani Christian veteran fighter pilot. As a Flight Lieutenant, he fought in the Indo-Pakistani war of 1965 and later, as a Squadron Leader, in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971. During the 1965 war, Chaudhry and three other pilots, under the leadership of Wing Commander Anwar Shamim, destroyed the Amritsar Radar Station in a difficult attack. He was awarded the Sitara-e-Jurat (Star of Courage) for his actions during that mission

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c. 1965: Savior of #Lahore - A Rare photo of Major Raja Aziz Bhatti Shaheed (left) - Photo taken few months earlier embracing martyrdom at BRB Canal

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c. 1971: Press Photo - Shiek Mujibur Rahman leader of Awami Muslim League, being Guarded at Karachi Airport
 
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c. 1965: Four CinCs review the position on the ground during the 1965 war

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c. 1980s: Pathan Tribesmen during Afghan-USSR War

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c. 1965: Pak Army Medical Staff looking after an Indian Prisoner of WAR

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c. 1965: Legendary Pilot M. M. Alam standing with his plane showing his score during 1965 war he shoot down 9 Indian fighter and 2 small flags shows that he decapitate them

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c. 1965: Pakistani Rangers at Muna Bao Check Post

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c. 1965: Pakistani Flag fluttering at a Fort in Rajasthan captured during Indo-Pak War

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c. 1965: A Volunteer Mujahid in Kashmir sector

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c. 1971: Nurul Amin and Professor Ghulam Azam in a meeting - Dacca, East Pakistan

Nurul Amin decided to live in #Pakistan after fall of Dhaka and died in Rawalpindi in 1974, where Professor Ghulam Azam recently given a 90-year prison sentence at the age of 90 in Bangladesh considering his support of unified Pakistan as war-crime in 1971.

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c. 1950s: Rocket-Missile Man of #Pakistan - Air Commodore Józef Marian Turowicz
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Turowicz was a prominent and noted Polish Pakistani military scientist and an aeronautical engineer. He is considered as one of the chief architects of the Pakistan Air Force and Pakistan's space program. Turowicz, an eminent rocket scientist and an aeronautical engineer, was the leading and central figure in Pakistan's drive to develop high-tech rocket and missile technology of its own.

He was one of thirty high ranking Polish pilots who served in Pakistan Air Force during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965, and is considered one of the pioneers of Pakistan's space program, playing a central role in Pakistan's aviation and aerospace industry.
Turowicz made significant contributions to Pakistan's missile/rocket program as a chief aeronautical engineer and has recently been referred to as the "Rocket-Missile Man of Pakistan" by some of the prominent defense analysts for his work towards the development of ballistic missile and space rocket technology. In Pakistan, he is highly respected as a scientist and noted aeronautical engineer.

Zofia, his wife, taught Mathematics at the Karachi American School and also trained gliding to Air Cadets in Karachi and Rawalpindi. In 1961 the couple obtained Pakistani citizenship. During the 1965 war, Turowicz rose to prominence when he defended Lahore as a pilot.

After his retirement from Air force in 1967, he joined SUPARCO where he worked till 1970. He was instrumental in launching first Pakistani Satellite and achieving breakthroughs in Pakistan’s rocket and missile programs. Turowicz was the administrator of Pakistan's Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARCO) from 1967 to 1970, and towards the end of his career, he was appointed to the post of Air Marshal of the Pakistan Air Force.

Turowicz died in Karachi aged 72 in 1980.
 
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