Captain Mohammad Sarwar Shaheed (Nishan-i-Haider) was born in year 1910 in village Sanghori. He was commissioned into the Punjab Regiment in 1944. During the Kashmir Operations soon after the birth of Pakistan, as
Captain Mohammad Sarwar
Captain Mohammad Sarwar Shaheed (Nishan-i-Haider) was born in year 1910 in village Sanghori. He was commissioned into the Punjab Regiment in 1944. During the Kashmir Operations soon after the birth of Pakistan, as Company Commander in the 2nd Battalion of the Punjab Regiment, Captain Sarwar launched an attack causing heavy casualties against a strongly fortified enemy position in the Uri Sector under heavy machine-gun, grenade and mortar fire.
But on 27 July 1948, as he moved forward with six of his men to cut their way through a barbed wire barrier, he died when his chest was riddled by a burst of automatic fire. He was 38 years old.