Sowar Hussain Shaheed being remembered on martyrdom anniversary

Rawalpindi: The 50th martyrdom anniversary of Sawar Muhammad Hussain, who won Nishan-e-Haider for his bravery, is being remembered on his death anniversary Friday (December 10).

Pakistan army has paid glowing tributes to Sowar Muhammad Hussain Shaheed, Nishan-e-Haider, who braved the intense shelling and direct fire from enemy tanks and infantry during the 1971 war.

In commemoration of his supreme sacrifice during the 1971 war, Directorate General Inter-Services Public Relations (DG ISPR) in a Tweet said, “Tribute to Sowar Muhammad Hussain Shaheed, Nishan - e - Haider, on 50th Martyrdom anniversary for his supreme sacrifice in Zafarwal- Shakargarh Sector, 1971. His fearless actions inflicted heavy losses on enemy destroying 16 Indian Tanks thus proving that courage knows no bounds”.

Tribute to Sowar Muhammad Hussain Shaheed, Nishan - e - Haider, on 50th Martyrdom anniversary for his supreme sacrifice in Zafarwal- Shakargarh Sector, 1971. His fearless actions inflicted heavy losses on enemy destroying 16 Indian Tanks thus proving that courage knows no bounds

— DG ISPR (@OfficialDGISPR) December 9, 2021

Hailing from Gujjar Khan area of Rawalpindi, Sawar Hussain joined Pakistan army as a driver on September 3, 1966 at a very young age of 17 years.  

Despite being a driver Sawar Hussain Shaheed participated in 1971 war actively and supplied ammunition to army men crawling from trench to trench braving the shelling of guns, tanks and air patrols. 

During 1971 war, Sowar Muhammad Hussain spotted the enemy tanks close to a minefield near the village Harar Khurd.  

It was on 5 December 1971 that while braving intense shelling and direct fire from enemy tanks and infantry. 

At his own initiative he directed accurate fire of recoilless rifles, resulting in the destruction of sixteen enemy tanks. 

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 Pak-Army. 

He thus immediately informed the second-in-command of his unit. But simultaneously he moved, on his own initiative, from one anti-tank gun to another directing the crew to fire accurately at enemy tanks. 

During the battle, he received a burst of machine-gun in the chest and embraced martyrdom.

After Sawar Hussain's martyrdom his village Dhok Pir Bakhsh was re-named as Dhok Muhammad Hussain Janjua to commemorate his sacrifice.