© Copyrights reserved with the author This electronic edition is revised and edited by Kazi Zulkader Siddiqui. It is published and distributed by www.petaro.org, 2013. This e-book is available for free distribution. However, the author's permission is required to republish any part of the work in any format. The author may be reached at
[email protected]. The book was first published in print format in 2013 by Royal Book Company, BG-5, Rex Centre Basement, Opp. Panorama Centre, Fatima Jinnah Road, Karachi-75530, Pakistan. Designed by Decent Print Enterprises Printed by: Zaki sons Printers, Karachi ISBN: 978-969-407-410-8 i CONTENTS PREFACE ____________________________________________________________ iii 1. IMPRESSIONABLE AGE ________________________________________________ 1 2. LARKANA – MY HOMELAND ____________________________________________ 7 3. PETARO-A TRAINING GROUND _________________________________________ 17 4. UNIVERSITY WITS ___________________________________________________ 33 5. PETARO REVISITED __________________________________________________ 53 6. EDUCATION OFFICER IN PAF ___________________________________________ 60 7. CLOUDS OF WAR ____________________________________________________ 72 8. BACK TO EDUCATION ________________________________________________ 80 9. MARRIED LIFE ______________________________________________________ 86 10. ISI ________________________________________________________________ 99 11. DEPUTATION TO SAUDI ARABIA _______________________________________ 106 12. BACK TO PAKISTAN _________________________________________________