Icarus
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Yes, my uncle who served in PA told me about him.. He is a man of integrity and a true patriot. People who know him (and good to know you are one of them) say that he will prefer death over money.
He is a man who has no material desires, even at such a key position, he owns a simple 2001 model hatchback. A number of his friends and juniors, myself included have asked him to get a vehicle befitting his position but he always says "Yaar jab chalti yeh bhi hai aur chalti Audi bhi hai toh kiya farak parta hai, maine toh point A say point B pohanchna hota hai bas".
He was a famous sight around Multan Cantonment, a Col riding to office in 40 degree heat on a bicycle.
When he was presented Moulvi Faqeer Muhammad's personal rifle as a war trophy after his headquarter was overrun and he fled to Afghanistan, he refused to take it and had it submitted to Balahisar along with the rest of the confiscated goods. He simply said, I will not take anything outside of my government approved paycheck. When reminded that the rifle was a gift from the government, he was keen to point out that it still wasn't coming out of his paycheck and so he returned that too.
His son was injured during a rocket attack in Bajaur and he was fighting at the front lines at the time. When the news was relayed to him, he did not come back but just asked if he was okay over the phone, told him he was proud of him for being so brave (his son, a teenager, had been helping injured sepoys despite being injured himself) and told him to take the next convoy heading back to Peshawar to get treated. We asked him numerous times to go back and meet his son, it is a tough moment for any father but he simply said "Woh theek hai, mujhe joh meray idher betay larr rahay haun unki ziyada fikar hai".
There are just so many stories regarding Sir, I could go on for a lifetime and I still wouldn't be able to list all the times he's left us all in awe. He is unreal, if you ever meet him in real life, you will be left in awe too.