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It was a pleasure to see young Jamal in Sialkot who had recently joined 5 Battalion of the Azad Kashmir Regiment, a composed and confident Balochi officer from the remote region of Balochistan. With every passing day, he grew humble with obvious signs indicative of brave gestures and postures. He smiled in trouble, showed strength under duress and grew brave by reflection. Jamal had married in the early winters of 2016. Since their marriage Jamal and his wife had not lived together, due to his participation in war against terrorism. With the passage of time, I noticed that he had grown stouter and broader, so it was difficult to recognize the robust, smart yet slim Jamal of earlier days. His features had become more defined and had a calm, soft, and serene expression. All that struck the eye was a strong, handsome, and confident young officer. All who had known Jamal before joining army noticed the change in his thoughts and posture as something extraordinary. In July 2017, Major Jamal met shahadat in a suicide attack in Peshawar. A motorcycle-borne suicide bomber hit a Frontier Corps Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (FC KPK) vehicle, targeting Maj Jamal Sheran. While serving in the Special Operations Group, Jamal had conducted daring operations and he knew that things were scary, difficult and dangerous around him, but he had the conviction that winning the fight is worth the chance of losing life for Pakistan.
On the fateful day, the newly wedded wife of Maj Jamal had hardly finished her packing as she was to join her husband to live in Peshawar, perhaps for the first time after her marriage that took place seven months earlier. Sheran Sanghoor, father of Jamal, reluctantly stopped his daughter-in-law from packing, as he had been informed about his son‘s shahadat. Her hopes turned into fears, while the fears of the nation were turning into hopes. Sheran Sanghoor, father of Jamal, was so proud that he dressed up in his best attire to receive the coffin of his son who had made him so proud. As the coffin of Jamal reached his home, a sea of people gathered to pay homage to the son of soil, who had laid his life for his beloved nation. When the spokesman of TTP was taking the responsibility of Jamal‘s shahadat, he forgot that he would be buried wrapped in Pakistan‘s flag and a similar flag shall flutter over his grave, denouncing the enemies of Pakistan that its sons are not tired of sacrifices. Ideas don't come with imagination, rather realization. Maj Jamal had thought of joining Pakistan Army right from the early days in the Ketch Grammar School of Turbat, a remote region that saw violence perpetrated by the foreign stooges and enemies of Pakistan.
Belonging to a traditional Baloch family of Mir Sheran Baloch, his father had served in the Omani Army. Jamal, after completing his higher school degree from Balochistan Residential College Turbat, joined the Pakistan Military Academy with 117 Long Course in Kakul, Abbottabad, in May 2006. His military career had been a challenging one. During the Pakistan-India escalation in 2008 on the borders, he remained at the forefront, and later his unit saw his daring actions during Operation Al Mizan in the Bajaur Agency of FATA. On joining the Frontier Corps KPK, he was picked as Commander Special Operations Group, Frontier Corps. He led a number of sting operations against the terrorists and enemies of the State, making him the real target of TTP and other terrorist groups. When young Jamal, on joining the Pakistan Army, moved out in streets of his village, he was often stopped by his people, and they would ask him, ―When would you grow higher in ranks and construct a hospital in the village?‖ This was one thing that Jamal‘s father requested in a TV interview, too. It is difficult to conclude about a hero who was driven by destiny. In army, every officer, and soldier has a place to fill in and it is important in some respect whether he chooses to be or not to be. I know destiny is not a matter of chance but of choice, which changes with our thoughts and ideals. I have seen many unsung heroes during my service who have high aims and believe in controlling their destiny before someone else does. Jamal‘s shahadat is not an ordinary one, in any manner; he defeated the narrative of the enemy that is bent upon conspiring in the Balochistan province of Pakistan, and his shahadat is the last nail in the coffin of the conspirators.
He fought with the enemies of Pakistan with his boots on and while wearing the uniform, and he continues to fight while shrouded in the Pakistani flag, inspiring hundreds of young Baloch people to come forward, defend every inch of the motherland and sacrifice for Pakistan. I have been in uniform for more than three decades and I know that heroism doesn‘t come from taking orders, but rather it is born from the act of great Pakistani officers and soldiers who through their own will power and courage are willing to sacrifice their lives for Pakistan. Perhaps we can never repay the debt of our proud nation to those who have laid down their lives for Pakistan and best we can do is to honour their memory so that their sacrifices do not go in vain. Jamal‘s mausoleum, a hospital and a cadet college around it, if constructed, can become a beacon of hope and inspiration for hundreds and thousands who had gathered to pay him homage. These institutions will defeat all ill-intended narratives of the anti-Pakistan elements using the rhetoric of narrow Baloch nationalism. The actual Baloch nationalism is not separate from that of the Pakistani nationalism and, Maj Jamal‘s martyrdom for the motherland is a living shining example of patriotism. In retrospect, like nations, men also have destiny. Many conflictual states couldn‘t hold against bloody attacks of terrorism and collapsed in less than a year‘s time. This is only Pakistan that is faced with the combined threats of hybrid wars and fourth generational warfare for the last 16 years, and is sustaining and winning. These great achievements of Pakistan amidst the ‗turmoil‘ are indeed borne of great sacrifices of its sons… of their selflessness, courage and resilience. Listening to the proud father of the Baloch son and other members of Jamal‘s family, I felt that Pakistan has won and defeated its enemies.
'Glorious we stood to the siege of bread, And for long we were mounted on the back of patience.
The winds of Autumn shall not efface, With unquenchable sighs of love, we implored. As secretly he whispers to me, as loudly he whispers to me…
The eye of the star shall not be robbed away.' (Omar Saleem, a Libyan poet)
By: Brig Syed Wajid Raza (R)
On the fateful day, the newly wedded wife of Maj Jamal had hardly finished her packing as she was to join her husband to live in Peshawar, perhaps for the first time after her marriage that took place seven months earlier. Sheran Sanghoor, father of Jamal, reluctantly stopped his daughter-in-law from packing, as he had been informed about his son‘s shahadat. Her hopes turned into fears, while the fears of the nation were turning into hopes. Sheran Sanghoor, father of Jamal, was so proud that he dressed up in his best attire to receive the coffin of his son who had made him so proud. As the coffin of Jamal reached his home, a sea of people gathered to pay homage to the son of soil, who had laid his life for his beloved nation. When the spokesman of TTP was taking the responsibility of Jamal‘s shahadat, he forgot that he would be buried wrapped in Pakistan‘s flag and a similar flag shall flutter over his grave, denouncing the enemies of Pakistan that its sons are not tired of sacrifices. Ideas don't come with imagination, rather realization. Maj Jamal had thought of joining Pakistan Army right from the early days in the Ketch Grammar School of Turbat, a remote region that saw violence perpetrated by the foreign stooges and enemies of Pakistan.
Belonging to a traditional Baloch family of Mir Sheran Baloch, his father had served in the Omani Army. Jamal, after completing his higher school degree from Balochistan Residential College Turbat, joined the Pakistan Military Academy with 117 Long Course in Kakul, Abbottabad, in May 2006. His military career had been a challenging one. During the Pakistan-India escalation in 2008 on the borders, he remained at the forefront, and later his unit saw his daring actions during Operation Al Mizan in the Bajaur Agency of FATA. On joining the Frontier Corps KPK, he was picked as Commander Special Operations Group, Frontier Corps. He led a number of sting operations against the terrorists and enemies of the State, making him the real target of TTP and other terrorist groups. When young Jamal, on joining the Pakistan Army, moved out in streets of his village, he was often stopped by his people, and they would ask him, ―When would you grow higher in ranks and construct a hospital in the village?‖ This was one thing that Jamal‘s father requested in a TV interview, too. It is difficult to conclude about a hero who was driven by destiny. In army, every officer, and soldier has a place to fill in and it is important in some respect whether he chooses to be or not to be. I know destiny is not a matter of chance but of choice, which changes with our thoughts and ideals. I have seen many unsung heroes during my service who have high aims and believe in controlling their destiny before someone else does. Jamal‘s shahadat is not an ordinary one, in any manner; he defeated the narrative of the enemy that is bent upon conspiring in the Balochistan province of Pakistan, and his shahadat is the last nail in the coffin of the conspirators.
He fought with the enemies of Pakistan with his boots on and while wearing the uniform, and he continues to fight while shrouded in the Pakistani flag, inspiring hundreds of young Baloch people to come forward, defend every inch of the motherland and sacrifice for Pakistan. I have been in uniform for more than three decades and I know that heroism doesn‘t come from taking orders, but rather it is born from the act of great Pakistani officers and soldiers who through their own will power and courage are willing to sacrifice their lives for Pakistan. Perhaps we can never repay the debt of our proud nation to those who have laid down their lives for Pakistan and best we can do is to honour their memory so that their sacrifices do not go in vain. Jamal‘s mausoleum, a hospital and a cadet college around it, if constructed, can become a beacon of hope and inspiration for hundreds and thousands who had gathered to pay him homage. These institutions will defeat all ill-intended narratives of the anti-Pakistan elements using the rhetoric of narrow Baloch nationalism. The actual Baloch nationalism is not separate from that of the Pakistani nationalism and, Maj Jamal‘s martyrdom for the motherland is a living shining example of patriotism. In retrospect, like nations, men also have destiny. Many conflictual states couldn‘t hold against bloody attacks of terrorism and collapsed in less than a year‘s time. This is only Pakistan that is faced with the combined threats of hybrid wars and fourth generational warfare for the last 16 years, and is sustaining and winning. These great achievements of Pakistan amidst the ‗turmoil‘ are indeed borne of great sacrifices of its sons… of their selflessness, courage and resilience. Listening to the proud father of the Baloch son and other members of Jamal‘s family, I felt that Pakistan has won and defeated its enemies.
'Glorious we stood to the siege of bread, And for long we were mounted on the back of patience.
The winds of Autumn shall not efface, With unquenchable sighs of love, we implored. As secretly he whispers to me, as loudly he whispers to me…
The eye of the star shall not be robbed away.' (Omar Saleem, a Libyan poet)
By: Brig Syed Wajid Raza (R)
