ISLAMABAD: The 48th martyrdom anniversary of Sawar Muhammad Hussain, who won Nishan-e-Haider for his bravery, is being remembered on his death anniversary today (Tuesday).
Sawar Muhammad Hussain was born in Gujar Khan, Punjab, on November 18, 1949 and at a very young age of 17 years, joined Pakistan Army as a driver on September 3, 1966.
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It was on 5 December 1971 that while braving intense shelling and direct fire from enemy tanks and infantry.
He went from trench to trench delivering ammunition to the frontline soldiers.
It was documented by his company men that on the following day, he went out with four fighting patrols and undertook most hazardous missions.
However on 10 December 1971 he spotted the enemy digging in along a minefield near the village of Harar Khurd along the minefield laid out by Pakistan Army.
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He thus immediately informed the second- in-command of his unit but simultaneously on his own initiative he directed accurate fire at the enemy resulting in the destruction of sixteen enemy tanks.
While directing fire from recoilless rifles, he was hit in the chest by a burst of machine-gun fire and embraced martyrdom on 10 December 1971 in Shakargarh.
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