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PakDef (members of the Pakistani Table of Contents PakDef E-Reporter Military Consortium) are proud to Pakistan Armed Forces Corner Vol. I No. 2 bring to our readers an interesting and Dec 2006 / Jan 2007 informative new feature, the PakDef E- Pakistan Army Museum ............................... 2 Reporter. The E-Reporter is another Usman Ansari visits the Pakistan Army Museum, located in venue aside from the PakDef site and Rawalpindi and documents the military artifacts and forum for PakDef members to be able memorabilia on display for visitors. to provide Pakistan watchers with an additional source for defence related 1948 Kashmir War—Lahore Seminar ............ 11 information. Our publication includes This is the second episode of Kashmir Seminars series. new articles and research briefs on Of a Hero and a Traitor ................................ 15 various aspects of defence acquisitions The decision by the Goverment of Pakistan to handover the and production along with a historical remains of Flt Lt Mati-ur-Rehman to Bangladesh has renewed perspective on the Pakistani Armed the P/O Rashid Minhas NH controversy. PakDef’s Haris Forces. Zuberi, looks at both sides of the controversy. Memoirs of a Legend .................................... 22 Story of legendry Group Captain (retd.) Saif-ul-Azam who Editorial Board The PakDef E-Reporter is a Bi-monthly flew with four diffrent Air Forces of the world and shot down production and is made possible by the four aircraft types belonging to two seperate countries. Usman Shabbir contributions of our forum members. It Syed Ahmed is the sincere hope of the PakDef E- Pakistan Nuclear Program Reporter editorial staff that our H Khan members will continue to come forth Pakistan’s Nuclear Journey - from Multan to with quality content in the future and Chaghi ........................................................ 36 Contributors will contribute to this worthwhile In this detailed article, author Mansoor Ahmed documents the G/C (retd.) Saif-ul-Azam journey that led to that fateful day in Chaghi, when Pakistan effort in order for us to be able to raise Usman Ansari became a declared Nuclear Power. the awareness about the Pakistani Mansoor Ahmed Armed Forces. Science and Technology Haris Zuberi www.PakDef.info Aamir Dotani Pakistan’s First Cyber War - Part II .............. 78 Contributions: [email protected] Author Akram Ishaq brings to attention the importance of M Rauf Feedback: [email protected] Cyber security with this fictional account. Zahid Iftikhar __________________________________________________ Akram Ishaq Bunker News ................................................ 82 17-12-2006 Copyright ©1998-2006, PakDef.info 1 reads as follows: long struggle against the Soviet Pakistan Army occupation of Afghanistan. 'The first South Asian soldier of the British Some of these items were turned Museum, Indian Army to get the highest gallantry on their former owners by the award "Victoria Cross" at Hollbecks, Belgium Rawalpindi Mujahideen, others such as the during World War One, on 31st October parts of Afghan government 1914. and Soviet aircraft, were suitable Rawalpindi has always been a Subedar Khudadad Khan belponged to village for nothing more than trophies military town. Long before the Brit- Dabb Tehsil (Now Distt) Chakwal. He died at after they met their fate. Though ish arrived in South Asia it had CMH Rawalpindi on 8th March 1971 at the not itself present, a model of the military importance. The British In- age of 94 years and was buried in his native ‘Zamzama Gun’ forever en- dian Army comfortably ensconced village.' shrined in literature thanks to Rudyard Kipling, is also dis- itself in Rawalpindi bestowing Inside the exhibits are on the whole very played inside. More commonly upon it the status of the headquar- impressive, and span the whole period of known to Pakistanis as the ‘Rani ters of the Northern Command, and Pakistan’s existence. These are every day Top’, the monster cannon and giving it the largest British Indian items that were used by the army, from its history, is perhaps indicative Army base in South Asia. After Par- radios to medical equipment and motor- of the relationship between pre- tition the Pakistani Army naturally bikes. The crests that adorn the walls tell a sent-day India and Pakistan. set up home, and when the time history of their own, either displaying the Unsurprisingly after three wars came for a museum to be set up, change from a British dominion to an Is- with India, there are a signifi- there was no better place than lamic republic, or still displaying the roots cant number of captured Indian Rawalpindi. of some of the regiments that date from weapons and related ‘militaria’. the time of the British Indian Army. The The entrance of the museum is This should not cheapen their flags and colours of the various regiments suitably guarded by an impressive worth as all the wars were hard are a testament to the fact that the British statue of Subedar Khudadad Khan fought affairs, especially on the Indian Army was defending the Empire in VC, the first South Asian recipient ground. of the Victoria Cross. The inscrip- nineteenth century, whilst the British tion on the plinth upon which the Army in Europe mercilessly pounded pa- Of note is the uniform jacket of statue of this brave warrior stands rade grounds. A number of displayed Field Marshall Sir Claude John items were captured during the decade- 17-12-2006 Copyright ©1998-2006, PakDef.info 2 Eyre Auchinleck, (GCB, GCIE, gineered the logistical supply that allowed nal exhibits of note are the lim- CSI, DSO, OBE), the Com- General Slim, (another officer of the British ousines of ex-Presidents General mander-in-Chief of the British Indian Army) to eventually defeat the Yahya Khan and Field Marshal Indian Army from 1943 on- Japanese in Burma. After the war he Ayub Khan. They were both wards. He is incredibly under- helped prepare the Pakistani and Indian were in office during the 1965 rated as a military figure but armies for independence, despite oppos- and 1971 wars with India re- was a very competent leader, ing the manner in which Partition was spectively. Both are American respected by his troops and ene- handled. In this he clashed with Mount- Cadillac cars and in virtually mies, (at least those in opposing batten the last Viceroy of India, (who was mint condition. Visitors should armies if not the cut-throat and no friend at all of the fledgling Pakistan), not be surprised to see the mu- treacherous world of the British and retired. Standing next to his uniform seum staff painstakingly remov- Army officer corps). In personal he was by no means a tall man, but he ing every speck of dust on these terms he was a self-made man more than made up for his lack of stature immaculate vehicles. Along having been born into poverty by being inherently competent, (despite with the Nishan-e-Haider gal- in the home of the British Army, the slandering). To see his uniform dis- lery, which celebrates the brav- Aldershot, but through sheer played in the museum is a reminder of a ery of those that made the ulti- hard work and determination he great and honourable man, who played a mate sacrifice for their country rose to the top of his profession. significant role in establishing the Paki- in exceptional circumstances, He laid the groundwork for stani Army. In some respects he is the fa- these exhibits are perhaps the Montgomery’s victory against ther of the army, so to have his uniform on things that should be of particu- Rommel at El Alamein, though display is all the more significant. Another lar interest to a visitor. One final neither Montgomery (who re- touching item on display is a Pakistani curiosity is the hunting bow and sented Auchinleck for being a flag that survived the fall of Dhaka in 1971 arrows of Tipu Sultan ‘The Tiger British Indian Army Officer – an during the third Indo-Pak War. It was kept of Mysore’. Though Mysore is in honour he was denied due to his safe by a railway worker through his im- modern day India, Tipu Sultan’s poor performance at RMA Sand- prisonment by the Indian Army until he ferocity in battle, religious piety, hurst) nor his supporters would was repatriated back to West Pakistan. and high standard of govern- have ever admitted to that. After The efforts he went to, to ensure the flag ance and tolerance (despite becoming the C-in-C of the Brit- remained safe, are recognised by it being propaganda to the contrary), ish Indian Army in 1943, he en- displayed in the museum. Two other inter- have proved an exceptional ex- 17-12-2006 Copyright ©1998-2006, PakDef.info 3 ample ever since. The intrepid fierce battles of Chawinda and Assal Uttar was captured by the 6th Baloch WWII British agent Noor Inayat in the 1965, the two largest and fiercest Regiment, in 1971, the year of its Khan, who was captured, tor- clashes of armour during the war. The loss manufacture. Some of the cap- tured and executed by the Nazis of irreplaceable Pattons was so great at As- tured jeeps were fitted with re- in France, is said to have been sal Uttar that they were replaced by the coilless rifle anti-tank weapons one of his descendents. Whilst truly horrendous Chinese Type-59s which proved deadly to tanks in these are just some of the items shortly after, but Pakistan required tanks the cultivated fields of the Pun- related to the great men of his- and they were the only option. Also pre- jab. The antiquated looking, tory connected with Pakistan, sent are the Sexton and Priest SP artillery WWII era T-6 APC was despite the external exhibits are no less vehicles that equipped the Pakistani its age, still a fairly competent arresting.

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