Dear
Sir,
This
refers to this scribe’s reference to Brigadier Bashir of Valtoha/Leaguer
fame who was mistakenly referred to as Major General Bashir who commanded
6 Armoured Division, raised 23 Division and later commanded 37 Division.
The error inadvertently committed is regretted.
This
reminds me of a far more graver error committed when the Mughal King
Humayun was resurrected to fight the Second Battle of Panipat in an
officially sponsored book in 1992 or when an official historian changed
the route of a Sikh unit declaring that it had infiltrated behind
Pakistani Eines from South of Sutlej in 1965! A more fatal error was
committed by the Allies once they mistakenly ordered the German General
Jodl to death and executed him. One of the judges who had sentenced him
later declared that the verdict was a mistake. (Page-363-The trial of the
Germans-Eugene Davidson-Newyork 1966). Jodl’s widow was thus
recompensated by restoration of property etc!
Kind
Regards
a.h
amin
pavocavalry@hotmail.com
From:
<HasanAmhasan@aol.com>
To: <defjrnl@cyber.net.pk>
Subject: Air Forces Magazine
Date: Sunday, January 28, 01 6:50 AM
Dear
Sir,
I
don’t know if you are the right forum for this or not. I read your
magazine on the web quite often. I have found it to be very informative
and equal to any other international magazine. I also read some other
geo-political magazines as well. While reading some of these magazines the
thing that struck me most was the lack of articles from Pakistanis. In
fact a letter published in ‘Air Forces’ magazine mentioned the fact
that all reporting on South Asia was from Indian writers, who, obviously
give everything their own twist. Pakistani achievements or even news like
IDEAS 2000 or mention of Pakistani aircraft manufacturing capability is
never presented. Even the crash of Indian HIND helicopters had a 2 page
story. In his reply the Editor of the magazine denied any bias against
Pakistan and wrote that he has been trying to find a contributer who can
write from Pakistan on events or just informative articles regarding PAF.
This is good PR as well as information to prospective buyers of services.I
thought if I wrote to you, some of your usal writers might want to try
this out. The web site of AIR FORCES magazine is: www.keymags.co.uk and their email is edafm@keymags.demon.co.uk. Thanking
you..................an overseas Pakistani-American wellwisher.
THE
Kashmir ceasefire extension announced by the Vajpayee government is a
complete farce. All Indian moves are without sincerity, but with the
ulterior move to prolong its unjust hold on Kashmir. I hope that the
‘freedom fighters’ will not fall into this trap. India continues to
violate the human rights of the valley’s inhabitants. For Kashmiris this
ceasefire makes no difference at all. The decisions are, in essence, a
ploy to buy time to boost the morale of Indian troops in Kashmir.
If
anything, Kashmir’s fighters should step up their offensive against the
Indian state so that New Delhi will have no other option but to give up
its control over the province that willy-nilly has been a part of India
for the last 53 years. - Mohsin Meer, Abqaiq, Saudi Arabia
