Some 249 of us embarked upon a journey together on 12th May 1975 to one day wear the coveted uniform of Pakistan Army as commissioned officers. We had wonderful two years at the Pakistan Military Academy, sharing our joys and hardships together. We lost some very dear friends who left the Academy for many fitness and other reasons, while a few stayed back to be passed out with the next course while we moved on.
آگاہ اپنی موت سے کویئ بشر نہیں۔ سامان سو برس کا ہے پل کی خبر نہیں
Life has been though very beautiful and enlightening for young lads of late teens and early 20s and later in our lives, but the angel of death keeps hovering over and taking those along who had run out of their time in the world. Arshad Aziz and Iftikhar Hussain were the first two of us we had left behind in PMA to succumb to a tragic bus accident near Nathia Gali on 7th July 1977 while we were attending our basic infantry course at Quetta.
Of the commissioned officers, Major Safdar Jahanzeb (FF/Aviation) was the first to bid us farewell in an air crash near Jhelum. He was followed by Captain Muhammad Salim Bari who was severely injured in a car accident in Saudi Arabia. He was admitted for a year in Saudia Arabia and was then repatriated to Pakistan where his unit (27C) looked after him till his sad heavenly departure. I had initially planned to include each of our dear brothers, now no more, in the drop down menu. But as the number started to swell, it became difficult to track individuals from the ever increasing long list. Secondly, some found it difficult to use the drop down menus easily. Therefore this reference page is being added to the Course Blog listing down each of the departed brother in the order of their date of death. You may bookmark this page and can just click on the name of the desired brother to see how we still remember them:
Arshad Aziz (7 July 1977)
Iftikhar Hussain (7 July 1977)
Safdar Jahanzeb (2 September 1992)
Muhammad Salim Bari (15 January 1995)
Saleem Akhtar Soomro (1 August 1998)
Syed Agha Hussain (17 May 2000)
Ishraque Ahmed Mubashir (6 April 2006)
Zahid Rasool Khan (3 October 2006)
Javed Sultan Khan (6 February 2008)
Ijaz Ahmed (19 July 2009)
Muhammad Mumtaz Hussain (24 May 2009)
Ghulam Mustafa Maan (5 December 2010)
Syed Sibtain Raza (14 September 2011)
Asif Amin (2012)
Shahid Aslam (25 January 2012)
Abdus Samad Babar (22 February 2013)
Shafiq Anwar (26 February 2013)
Shams ul Haq (24 November 2013)
Rizwan ur Rashid Chaudhary (22 February 2014)
Muhammad Javed Iqbal (1 December 2015)
Waheed Ahmed (24 February 2018)
Muhammad Tariq Qureshi (18 June 2018)
Zaffar Iqbal Durrani (6 April 2020)
Gulzar Hussain (25 June 2020)
Syed Khalid Mahmood (6 May 2021)
Arshad Javed Khokhar (31 July 2021)
Shahid Maqbool (11 June 1955 - 2 June 2023)Imran Nadeem (7 April 1955 - 23 May 2024)
Muhammad Iqbal (27 November 1953 -12 October 2024)
In addition to the above, herein under are some who had joined us in the Academy but either left for own reasons or withdrawn, but later took their Heavenly flights:
May Allah bless them all and rest their souls in the highest place in Jannat ul Firdous. Aameen
8 comments:
The list highlights stark reality of the life, it's fragility. We all are destined for the heavenly abode sooner or latter. Most of these lovely comrades however, were too young to die. Some of them lost their life in the line of their duty.
May their noble souls rest in eternal peace.
Jalal Thanks for making this page (55pma.blogspot.com) easier and more accessable and dedicated to friends of 55th who left us for their heavenly abode.
How can we forget these buddies n wonderful souls, great comrades n Brothers in Arms who joined PMA on May 12th,1975 with sweet dreams of prosperous career n a great life but alas! God Almighty had different plans for them and they left us all with sorrow n grief for their heavenly abode.
May Almighty Allah rest their souls in best places of Jannah tul Firdous, Aameen!
Jalal thanks for this page,it is quite convinient to access and see the comrades who left us for final abode.capt sibtain left us too early but with the will of ALLAH. May ALLAH bless his soul and grant him a place in Jana tul firdous. Ameen
Jalal thanks for this page,it is quite convinient to access and see the comrades who left us for final abode.capt sibtain left us too early but with the will of ALLAH. May ALLAH bless his soul and grant him a place in Jana tul firdous. Ameen
Jalal thanks for this page,it is quite convinient to access and see the comrades who left us for final abode.capt sibtain left us too early but with the will of ALLAH. May ALLAH bless his soul and grant him a place in Jana tul firdous. Ameen
Jane walay teray qadmo k nishan baqi hain.May Allah the Almightyblessed their souls Aameen
Thank you, as always, for a heartfelt remembrance of each of your coursemates including Arshad Aziz.
جلال بھٹی جزاک اللہ خیر برادر۔بہت اچھی کاوش ہے۔اور بہت محنت اور بہت خلوص سے ان سب دوستوں کی زندگی کے بارے میں مکمل حالات زندگی پیش کئے ہیں
اللہ تعالٰی ان سب دوستوں کی مغفرت فرمائے آمین
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