Ganga Plane Takeoff 1971 On 30 January 1971, at about 11:30 in the morning, when a Fokker aircraft named Ganga took off from Srinagar, Kashmir for Jammu, there were a total of 30 people on board, including the crew. However, some of them were actually agents of India’s intelligence agency, RAW, travelling in the guise … Read more
Better One Day as a Tiger than a Hundred as a Jackal Raja Khan, overwhelmed with fear, pleaded with his wounded master, “Sultan, you are gravely injured. It is better to tell the British that you are Tipu Sultan, the fearless ruler whose last battle at Srirangapatnam has become legendary. They might spare your life.” … Read more
Tikka Khan’s Controversial Suggestion Just one week before the fall of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto’s government, a meeting was held in which Bhutto’s advisor and former Army Chief, General Tikka Khan, presented a highly controversial suggestion for controlling the opposition. He advised: “Sir, my recommendation is that if we eliminate five to six thousand opposition workers, … Read more
Read Previous Part-4 of Political History of Nawaz Sharif and 1999 Military Coup The Secret Meeting in Multan Then came the day when the decision for the tide to turn was to be made. On October 12th, at 10:00 AM, Nawaz Sharif departed from Islamabad to deliver a routine political speech in the city of … Read more
Captain Karnal Sher Khan: Start of the Action On a morning in January 1998, the commanding officer of the Domel sector received a wireless call. “Sir, this is Captain Karnal Sher Khan speaking. Along with two of my fellow soldiers, I have taken control of the Indian post ahead of us that was causing us … Read more
On Pak-Afghan Border On the night of May 1 and 2, 2011, the turn to sleep with Sheikh Osama bin Laden was given to his youngest wife, Amal Ahmed. 29-year-old Amal Ahmed was from Yemen. After dinner and prayers, at 11:10 PM, Amal, along with her 3-year-old son Hussein, sat on her bed in … Read more