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O' Great Mother! Look Your Son Has Embraced Martyrdom
Posted: 13 Aug 2011 10:24 PM PDT
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In spite of hundreds of terrorist attacks and on goingoperations in tribal areas to crush terrorists Emergency has not been announcedin the country. But with all this can this reality be falsified that Pakistanis in the state of War? This is separate discussion that whether this war isour own, American or imposed on us by USA. However the truth is that now proxywars have replaced traditional wars on the boundaries. Different tactics arebeing used to defeat the enemy. Big powers are trying to take control of theirenemies by destroying their economy or through terrorism and internal disputes.Now a days approximately all Muslim countries are fuel of this unseen war.
In thetraditional war your enemy and target is in front of you, the targets of enemy arealso well known, so the army which has better tactics, strategy, weapons andthe skill manpower and the willingness of the soldier for death; wins. Butproxy war or cold war is much more complicated and needs patience and courage.It is the test of human nerves because you do not recognize your enemy nor histargets are clear, the ignorance about that when, where and how enemy willattack is the real war of this age. Pakistan has sacrificed 30000 civilians andmore than 5000 security personnel. In spite of all this, the morale ofPakistani nation and security forces is as high as it was in the start. Moreoverthe soldiers of Pakistan army has written such stories of sacrifices with theirblood that one cant find any example to it in any big or small war in history.
Thenumber of soldiers who have sacrificed their lives for Pakistan is so high thatit is impossible to write their stories of bravery. All of them had embracedshahadah/martyrdom willingly and not for that they were paid few thousandrupees for it. Nor they were so foolish that they were ignorant of this realitythat death is the ornament and fate of those fighting for the country. Theywere aware that they are sacrificing their lives so that their countrymen aresaved, enemy could not dare to attack the country, so that their fellowmen havea peaceful sleep, in order to save their country from enemy. Much great is thatpassion, how great are those mothers who give birth to such brave sons, bringsthem up, always tries to protect her son, mother feels hurt when her child ishurt, who she should not feel so, at least he is part of her body. Salam tothese great mothers! Who send their sons for being sacrificed for the safety ofcountry, she tries to hide her sorrow of being separated from her son so thatwhen time comes, the sad face of mother may not weaken his steps, whilefighting with enemy, he may not recall the sad face of mother and he may losehis courage. Because her son has to safeguard the daughters of this country, nomatter he sacrifices his life.
Motherof such great courage gave birth to Lt. Syed Yasir Abbas Shaheed on 22 July1987. In the age of 24 years on 22 May 2011 he sacrificed his life forPakistan. He was only son of his parents and only brother of three sisters.With the great courage Yasirs mother heard the news of martyrdom of Yasir,this is beyond the power of my pen to comment over it. Her courage was theirafter 2 n half month of Yasirs Shahadat when author met her for interview. Duringthe conversation, several time it became difficult for me to control my tears.I was worried that seeing my tears she may not be able keep up her courage. Mychildhood friend and class fellow Colonel Jaffar was sitting beside me andobserving my state. Colonel Jaffar and me had spent 8 years together in LaSalle High School Multan till 1972. After matriculation, he chose medicalsubjects in the Emerson College, Bosan Road Multan. Afterwards he got degreefrom Nishtar Medical College Multan, completed his MBBS in 1981, and joinedPakistan army. In 1983 when he got married he was deployed at Bahawalpur. Buthe was in contact with all of his friends. In the function of La Salle Alumnihe used to participate along with his family, including Yasir.
Yasirwas born in Kharian in 1987, at that time his grand-father was deployed inKharian Cantt. Yasir completed his initial study from Multan, he was in 6 classwhen his father was posted to Karachi. In 2002 he completed matriculation fromMalir, Karachi and F.Sc. in 2004 from Lahore. He passed F.Sc. exams with brilliantmarks, he had options to go to different departments. He applied in Pakistanarmy, navy, Air-force, Engineering University, and NUST. Due to late responsefrom other institutions he decided take admission in electrical engineeringdepartment of NUST, however his aim was to join any security department.
Due tohis passion he joined Pakistan navy in 2005 as Aeronautical Engineer. He passedhis course of 5 years in 2010 and was deployed at PNS Mehran Base, Karachi. Thiswas his first and last posting in the professional life.
Accordingto his class fellows he was very intelligent and brilliant student, he hadeasily remembered the text he had once read. On the every 14 August he expressedhis emotions by decorating whole house with Pakistani flags which he used tobuy through his pocket money. He never demanded anything from his parents. Afterjoining whenever he returned to home on holidays, he used to say to his mother,One day Your son will embrace Shahadat/martyrdom and you will be known as themother of Martyr.
On lastDay of Martyrs PTV had recorded short clips in order to pay tribute to martyrs,one of these clips at a place it was said, AZEEM MAA DEKH TERE BETAY KA JANAZAAYA HAI (LookGreat Mother! The Dead Body of Your Son is Here). This clip wasrecorded and prepared by Yasir Shaheed. While watching this clip he becameemotional and used to ask his mother, One day the Dead Body of Your Son willarrive like that, and you will be also known as Mother of Martyr. This madeher very upset, family members took this as a way to tease the mother, but theheart of mother was aware that her son is not joking, he is telling the truth.Yasir Shaheed also made such jokes with his friends too, he used to tell hisfriends that he will be martyred while fighting with enemy, he will takebullets on the chest in the war. Friends made fun of him that he is not in thearmy but in navy.
Wheneverhe saw pictures of Lalak Jaan Shaheed or Aziz Bhatti printed on the back sidesof the truck, he used to say, one day Yasir Abbas will be martyred and hispictures will be printed like that on trucks. Due to his such prophecies one ofhis friends from Rawalpindi has printed his pictures on his trucks.
On thenight of 22 May when terrorists attacked PNS Mehran, Yasir was talking to hismother and sister through Conference Call on his mobile. As the first rocketwas fired he put his mobile in his pocket without disconnecting it. Althoughmother disconnected the call but his sister was hearing the sound of roundsbeing fired. According to the information provided by Mehran Base, whenterrorists attacked, Yasir Shaheed was on duty as commander of RAPID REACTIONFOPRCE on the entrance gate of Mehran base, he had ten persons under hiscommand. However all these persons were not ready for such an attack thatterrorists will be able to enter the base breaking all the security measures somuch easily and will arrive to the Orion Planes. When Yasir came out one of theOrions was on fire while the other was also burning. Yasir was aware of thevalue of Orion Planes, he ran towards planes along with his friends, terroristswere directly firing on the fire brigade vehicles, while in order to controlthe fire it was necessary for the fire vehicles to go near the planes.
Keepingin view the situation Yasir started firing in the direction in which terroristswere hidden under the cover of dark. Due to the firing of Yasir and hiscolleagues, terrorists were forced to engage with them, in order to go near tothe other targets it was necessary to silent the guns of Yasir and hiscolleagues. So terrorists fired at Yasir, two bullets hit him on the heartwhile the third one a bit lower. Yasir was martyred on the spot, however hisresistance had wasted ten minutes of terrorists. It was not possible for themto hit other Orion planes and target the Chinese Engineers, who were present onthe Mehran Base in connection with Z9EC Helicopters. After martyring Yasir andhis colleagues terrorists tried to capture Chinese Engineers but it was toolate. In spite of this they fired on the vehicle which was taking these gueststo safe place.
Whetherterrorists had any support internally or not, or how they succeeded in enteringinto the Mehran base, this is a separate discussion, analysis can be made onlyafter investigation report is disclosed. But the bravery of Lt. Yasir AbbasShaheed not only saved Pakistan Navy from further damage, saved Chinese guestsbut also proved this message to be true, Look Great Mother! The Dead Body ofYour Son is Here. On 20 May Yasir Shaheed wrote on Facebook, Hard to Beat, Un-Bearable needs Guts.This message of Yasir is not only for the soldiers fighting in the war but forall Pakistanis that equipped with the courage and love for Pakistan they canturn every impossible into possible.
Lt.Yasir is not only the martyr of my city but of the whole nation, keeping inview his bravery Prime Minister of Pakistan had announced that he will beawarded with Nishan-e-Haidar.
In the end I would like to pay tribute to all thosemothers who send up their sons for being sacrificed by giving them the Coffinof their Uniform
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Written by Khalid Baig,
Published in Nawa-i-Waqt,
13 August 2011.
Posted: 13 Aug 2011 10:24 PM PDT
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In spite of hundreds of terrorist attacks and on goingoperations in tribal areas to crush terrorists Emergency has not been announcedin the country. But with all this can this reality be falsified that Pakistanis in the state of War? This is separate discussion that whether this war isour own, American or imposed on us by USA. However the truth is that now proxywars have replaced traditional wars on the boundaries. Different tactics arebeing used to defeat the enemy. Big powers are trying to take control of theirenemies by destroying their economy or through terrorism and internal disputes.Now a days approximately all Muslim countries are fuel of this unseen war.
In thetraditional war your enemy and target is in front of you, the targets of enemy arealso well known, so the army which has better tactics, strategy, weapons andthe skill manpower and the willingness of the soldier for death; wins. Butproxy war or cold war is much more complicated and needs patience and courage.It is the test of human nerves because you do not recognize your enemy nor histargets are clear, the ignorance about that when, where and how enemy willattack is the real war of this age. Pakistan has sacrificed 30000 civilians andmore than 5000 security personnel. In spite of all this, the morale ofPakistani nation and security forces is as high as it was in the start. Moreoverthe soldiers of Pakistan army has written such stories of sacrifices with theirblood that one cant find any example to it in any big or small war in history.
Thenumber of soldiers who have sacrificed their lives for Pakistan is so high thatit is impossible to write their stories of bravery. All of them had embracedshahadah/martyrdom willingly and not for that they were paid few thousandrupees for it. Nor they were so foolish that they were ignorant of this realitythat death is the ornament and fate of those fighting for the country. Theywere aware that they are sacrificing their lives so that their countrymen aresaved, enemy could not dare to attack the country, so that their fellowmen havea peaceful sleep, in order to save their country from enemy. Much great is thatpassion, how great are those mothers who give birth to such brave sons, bringsthem up, always tries to protect her son, mother feels hurt when her child ishurt, who she should not feel so, at least he is part of her body. Salam tothese great mothers! Who send their sons for being sacrificed for the safety ofcountry, she tries to hide her sorrow of being separated from her son so thatwhen time comes, the sad face of mother may not weaken his steps, whilefighting with enemy, he may not recall the sad face of mother and he may losehis courage. Because her son has to safeguard the daughters of this country, nomatter he sacrifices his life.
Motherof such great courage gave birth to Lt. Syed Yasir Abbas Shaheed on 22 July1987. In the age of 24 years on 22 May 2011 he sacrificed his life forPakistan. He was only son of his parents and only brother of three sisters.With the great courage Yasirs mother heard the news of martyrdom of Yasir,this is beyond the power of my pen to comment over it. Her courage was theirafter 2 n half month of Yasirs Shahadat when author met her for interview. Duringthe conversation, several time it became difficult for me to control my tears.I was worried that seeing my tears she may not be able keep up her courage. Mychildhood friend and class fellow Colonel Jaffar was sitting beside me andobserving my state. Colonel Jaffar and me had spent 8 years together in LaSalle High School Multan till 1972. After matriculation, he chose medicalsubjects in the Emerson College, Bosan Road Multan. Afterwards he got degreefrom Nishtar Medical College Multan, completed his MBBS in 1981, and joinedPakistan army. In 1983 when he got married he was deployed at Bahawalpur. Buthe was in contact with all of his friends. In the function of La Salle Alumnihe used to participate along with his family, including Yasir.
Yasirwas born in Kharian in 1987, at that time his grand-father was deployed inKharian Cantt. Yasir completed his initial study from Multan, he was in 6 classwhen his father was posted to Karachi. In 2002 he completed matriculation fromMalir, Karachi and F.Sc. in 2004 from Lahore. He passed F.Sc. exams with brilliantmarks, he had options to go to different departments. He applied in Pakistanarmy, navy, Air-force, Engineering University, and NUST. Due to late responsefrom other institutions he decided take admission in electrical engineeringdepartment of NUST, however his aim was to join any security department.
Due tohis passion he joined Pakistan navy in 2005 as Aeronautical Engineer. He passedhis course of 5 years in 2010 and was deployed at PNS Mehran Base, Karachi. Thiswas his first and last posting in the professional life.
Accordingto his class fellows he was very intelligent and brilliant student, he hadeasily remembered the text he had once read. On the every 14 August he expressedhis emotions by decorating whole house with Pakistani flags which he used tobuy through his pocket money. He never demanded anything from his parents. Afterjoining whenever he returned to home on holidays, he used to say to his mother,One day Your son will embrace Shahadat/martyrdom and you will be known as themother of Martyr.
On lastDay of Martyrs PTV had recorded short clips in order to pay tribute to martyrs,one of these clips at a place it was said, AZEEM MAA DEKH TERE BETAY KA JANAZAAYA HAI (LookGreat Mother! The Dead Body of Your Son is Here). This clip wasrecorded and prepared by Yasir Shaheed. While watching this clip he becameemotional and used to ask his mother, One day the Dead Body of Your Son willarrive like that, and you will be also known as Mother of Martyr. This madeher very upset, family members took this as a way to tease the mother, but theheart of mother was aware that her son is not joking, he is telling the truth.Yasir Shaheed also made such jokes with his friends too, he used to tell hisfriends that he will be martyred while fighting with enemy, he will takebullets on the chest in the war. Friends made fun of him that he is not in thearmy but in navy.
Wheneverhe saw pictures of Lalak Jaan Shaheed or Aziz Bhatti printed on the back sidesof the truck, he used to say, one day Yasir Abbas will be martyred and hispictures will be printed like that on trucks. Due to his such prophecies one ofhis friends from Rawalpindi has printed his pictures on his trucks.
On thenight of 22 May when terrorists attacked PNS Mehran, Yasir was talking to hismother and sister through Conference Call on his mobile. As the first rocketwas fired he put his mobile in his pocket without disconnecting it. Althoughmother disconnected the call but his sister was hearing the sound of roundsbeing fired. According to the information provided by Mehran Base, whenterrorists attacked, Yasir Shaheed was on duty as commander of RAPID REACTIONFOPRCE on the entrance gate of Mehran base, he had ten persons under hiscommand. However all these persons were not ready for such an attack thatterrorists will be able to enter the base breaking all the security measures somuch easily and will arrive to the Orion Planes. When Yasir came out one of theOrions was on fire while the other was also burning. Yasir was aware of thevalue of Orion Planes, he ran towards planes along with his friends, terroristswere directly firing on the fire brigade vehicles, while in order to controlthe fire it was necessary for the fire vehicles to go near the planes.
Keepingin view the situation Yasir started firing in the direction in which terroristswere hidden under the cover of dark. Due to the firing of Yasir and hiscolleagues, terrorists were forced to engage with them, in order to go near tothe other targets it was necessary to silent the guns of Yasir and hiscolleagues. So terrorists fired at Yasir, two bullets hit him on the heartwhile the third one a bit lower. Yasir was martyred on the spot, however hisresistance had wasted ten minutes of terrorists. It was not possible for themto hit other Orion planes and target the Chinese Engineers, who were present onthe Mehran Base in connection with Z9EC Helicopters. After martyring Yasir andhis colleagues terrorists tried to capture Chinese Engineers but it was toolate. In spite of this they fired on the vehicle which was taking these gueststo safe place.
Whetherterrorists had any support internally or not, or how they succeeded in enteringinto the Mehran base, this is a separate discussion, analysis can be made onlyafter investigation report is disclosed. But the bravery of Lt. Yasir AbbasShaheed not only saved Pakistan Navy from further damage, saved Chinese guestsbut also proved this message to be true, Look Great Mother! The Dead Body ofYour Son is Here. On 20 May Yasir Shaheed wrote on Facebook, Hard to Beat, Un-Bearable needs Guts.This message of Yasir is not only for the soldiers fighting in the war but forall Pakistanis that equipped with the courage and love for Pakistan they canturn every impossible into possible.
Lt.Yasir is not only the martyr of my city but of the whole nation, keeping inview his bravery Prime Minister of Pakistan had announced that he will beawarded with Nishan-e-Haidar.
In the end I would like to pay tribute to all thosemothers who send up their sons for being sacrificed by giving them the Coffinof their Uniform
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Written by Khalid Baig,
Published in Nawa-i-Waqt,
13 August 2011.
