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Military pays homage to Rashid Minhas on 49th martyrdom anniversary
PAF pilot officer was awarded the highest military award – Nishan-e-Haider – for his bravery
News Desk August 20, 2020
Born in Karachi on February 17, 1951, Minhas spent his early childhood in Lahore and later shifted to Rawalpindi and then back to Karachi. PHOTO: DAILYMOTION
Pakistan Army on Thursday paid tribute to Rashid Minhas — PAF pilot officer who embraced martyrdom at the age of 20 while preventing a pilot from defecting to the enemy’s side during the 1971 war —on his 49th martyrdom anniversary.
Minhas was awarded with the highest valour award – Nishan-e-Haider – for his bravery. He became the youngest officer to have received this award.
"Today we remember supreme sacrifice of Pilot officer Rashid Minhas Shaheed (Nishan-e -Haider) in the line of duty. Pilot officer Rashid Minhas lived up to great traditions of Pakistan Air Force serving the motherland," DG ISPR Major General Babar Iftikhar said in a tweet.
Today we remember supreme sacrifice of Pilot officer Rashid Minhas Shaheed (Nishan-e -Haider) in the line of duty. Pilot officer Rashid Minhas lived up to great traditions of Pakistan Air Force serving the motherland.#OurMartyrsOurHeroes
— DG ISPR (@OfficialDGISPR) August 19, 2020
Born in Karachi on February 17, 1951, Minhas spent his early childhood in Lahore and later shifted to Rawalpindi and then back to Karachi.
Minhas joined the Pakistan Air Force Academy in Risalpur as a flying cadet at the age of 17 and graduated from the academy as a general duty pilot in 1971.
On August 20, 1971, Rashid got ready to take off for his solo flight in a T-33 jet trainer. He started his engines and completed the checks. As Minhas was taxiing towards the runway, his instructor pilot, came on the taxi way and signalled him to stop.
Thinking that his instructor might want to give some last minute instructions, Minhas stopped the aircraft. The instructor forced his way into the rear cockpit and seized controls of the aircraft; the jet took off and turned towards India.
Soon the radio at Masroor Control Tower became alive and Minhas informed that he was being hijacked. The air controller requested him to resend his message and confirm that it was hijacking.
The events that followed later were the tale of great courage and patriotism. In the air, Minhas struggled physically to wrest control; each man tried to overpower the other through technically linked flight controls.
The instructor wanted him to fly to India; however, the determined Rashid was not ready for it. The ferocious struggle continued for minutes and as the aircraft neared the Indian border, Rashid Minhas knew what he was supposed to do.
He knew that the honour of his country was far greater than his life. Some 32 miles (51 km) from the Indian border, Rashid Minhas deliberately put the aircraft nose down and that made the jet to crash near Thatta.
https://tribune.com.pk/story/226033...o-rashid-minhas-on-49th-martyrdom-anniversary
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Twitter Remembers Rashid Minhas’ Valor on Martyrdom Anniversary
Posted 4 hours ago by Sajawal Rehman
Pilot Officer Rashid Minhas was the shortest-serving member of the Pakistan military, having joined the Pakistan Air Force in 1969 and embraced martyrdom in the line of duty in Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971.
The Karachi-born officer became the youngest military personnel to have received the highest valor award after he commandeered his jet to crash following an attempt by his commanding pilot to defect to India.
DG, Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), Major General Babar Iftikhar, has paid a heartfelt tribute to the martyr, adding that Pilot Officer Rashid Minhas lived up to the great traditions of the PAF.
Today we remember supreme sacrifice of Pilot officer Rashid Minhas Shaheed (Nishan-e -Haider) in the line of duty. Pilot officer Rashid Minhas lived up to great traditions of Pakistan Air Force serving the motherland.#OurMartyrsOurHeroes
— DG ISPR (@OfficialDGISPR) August 19, 2020
On his 49th martyrdom anniversary, the social media is full of messages of love for the national hero who sacrificed his life for the motherland. Let’s have a look at how people are paying tribute to the martyr:
The sacrifice of Officer Rashid Minhas is a shining example of our new generation. #RashidMinhasShaheed@TeamISPOfficial pic.twitter.com/z11oYwE7h0
— Akbar ️() (@AandA289) August 20, 2020
#RashidMinhasShaheed
Our Air Force decidedly had an upper hand and destroyed 110 Indian planes as against its own loss of 19 planes; a fact corroborated by the independent international sources.@TeamISPOfficial@AmberQureshi16 pic.twitter.com/U7QEM2fjax
— Amber Qureshi (@AmberQureshi16) August 20, 2020
#RashidMinhasShaheed
Minhas Airbase or Kamra Airbase is a PAF Airbase located at Kamra, Attock District, Punjab, Pakistan. It was named in the honour of Pilot Officer Rashid Minhas, who was awarded the Nishan-e-Haider for valor in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971.@TeamISPOfficial pic.twitter.com/z0aH0wfUvc
— Mahboob Ul Hassan (@Mahboob58519719) August 20, 2020
Minhas was awarded with the highest valour award – Nishan-e-Haider – for his bravery. He became the youngest officer to have received this award.#RashidMinhasShaheed #وطن_کے_شاہینوں_کو_سلام #PakistanArmy pic.twitter.com/7YG8INgzT0
— ٱسامہ جدون (@Us_AMa_) August 20, 2020
#RashidMinhasShaheed
The greatest honour for a man is to sacrifice his life for the country and live up to the expectation of the nation @aimmm_k pic.twitter.com/Dcc7G8nUa9
— Amna khan (VFP) (@aimmm_k) August 20, 2020
Today 20th August marks the Shahadah Day Of #RashidMinhasShaheed ,The Brave son of soil who sacrificed his life for the sake of his country
Nation salutes you pic.twitter.com/nljef5q66H
— Safa Irfan (@itzsafaah) August 20, 2020
Story of glory of Nishan-e-Haider rashid minhas.#RashidMinhasShaheed #ThursdayThoughts #NishanEHaider #lahorerain #PakistanArmy #PakistanAirForce #Pakistan #PakistanZindabad #وطن_کے_شاہینوں_کو_سلام #RashidMinhas #DGISPR #ImranKhan #PakistanBtsArmy pic.twitter.com/yZZgvYdaVQ
— Haider Studioz (@MalikEntertain3) August 20, 2020
Today marks the 49th Shahadat anniversary of brave ’Rashid Minhas Shaheed’. He is the youngest officer to receive Nishan e Haider for his valor. He embraced martyrdom at the age of 20.#RashidMinhasShaheed #PakistanAirForce #وطن_کے_شاہینوں_کو_سلام pic.twitter.com/c2ReZ3kDDO
— Sadia Manzoor (@The_Sadiaaa) August 20, 2020
#RashidMinhasShaheed
The instructor wanted him to fly to India; however, the determined Rashid was not ready for it. The ferocious struggle continued for minutes and as the aircraft neared the Indian border,Minhas knew what he was supposed to do.@TeamISPOfficial @ISP_Wala pic.twitter.com/X5NfV9mIYL
— خانپوری چیتا (@ISP_Wala) August 20, 2020
#RashidMinhasShaheed
46 years ago today took down his own plane for his homeland Pakistan & became #PAF's 1st Nishan e Haider@Kashmir592 @DGPR_PAF @TeamISPOfficial pic.twitter.com/9Ou1Lmnuyn
— ABH.Khokhar (@Kashmir592) August 20, 2020
https://propakistani.pk/2020/08/20/twitter-remembers-rashid-minhas-valor-on-martyrdom-anniversary/
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PAF pilot officer was awarded the highest military award – Nishan-e-Haider – for his bravery
News Desk August 20, 2020
Born in Karachi on February 17, 1951, Minhas spent his early childhood in Lahore and later shifted to Rawalpindi and then back to Karachi. PHOTO: DAILYMOTION
Pakistan Army on Thursday paid tribute to Rashid Minhas — PAF pilot officer who embraced martyrdom at the age of 20 while preventing a pilot from defecting to the enemy’s side during the 1971 war —on his 49th martyrdom anniversary.
Minhas was awarded with the highest valour award – Nishan-e-Haider – for his bravery. He became the youngest officer to have received this award.
"Today we remember supreme sacrifice of Pilot officer Rashid Minhas Shaheed (Nishan-e -Haider) in the line of duty. Pilot officer Rashid Minhas lived up to great traditions of Pakistan Air Force serving the motherland," DG ISPR Major General Babar Iftikhar said in a tweet.
Today we remember supreme sacrifice of Pilot officer Rashid Minhas Shaheed (Nishan-e -Haider) in the line of duty. Pilot officer Rashid Minhas lived up to great traditions of Pakistan Air Force serving the motherland.#OurMartyrsOurHeroes
— DG ISPR (@OfficialDGISPR) August 19, 2020
Born in Karachi on February 17, 1951, Minhas spent his early childhood in Lahore and later shifted to Rawalpindi and then back to Karachi.
Minhas joined the Pakistan Air Force Academy in Risalpur as a flying cadet at the age of 17 and graduated from the academy as a general duty pilot in 1971.
On August 20, 1971, Rashid got ready to take off for his solo flight in a T-33 jet trainer. He started his engines and completed the checks. As Minhas was taxiing towards the runway, his instructor pilot, came on the taxi way and signalled him to stop.
Thinking that his instructor might want to give some last minute instructions, Minhas stopped the aircraft. The instructor forced his way into the rear cockpit and seized controls of the aircraft; the jet took off and turned towards India.
Soon the radio at Masroor Control Tower became alive and Minhas informed that he was being hijacked. The air controller requested him to resend his message and confirm that it was hijacking.
The events that followed later were the tale of great courage and patriotism. In the air, Minhas struggled physically to wrest control; each man tried to overpower the other through technically linked flight controls.
The instructor wanted him to fly to India; however, the determined Rashid was not ready for it. The ferocious struggle continued for minutes and as the aircraft neared the Indian border, Rashid Minhas knew what he was supposed to do.
He knew that the honour of his country was far greater than his life. Some 32 miles (51 km) from the Indian border, Rashid Minhas deliberately put the aircraft nose down and that made the jet to crash near Thatta.
https://tribune.com.pk/story/226033...o-rashid-minhas-on-49th-martyrdom-anniversary
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Twitter Remembers Rashid Minhas’ Valor on Martyrdom Anniversary
Posted 4 hours ago by Sajawal Rehman
Pilot Officer Rashid Minhas was the shortest-serving member of the Pakistan military, having joined the Pakistan Air Force in 1969 and embraced martyrdom in the line of duty in Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971.
The Karachi-born officer became the youngest military personnel to have received the highest valor award after he commandeered his jet to crash following an attempt by his commanding pilot to defect to India.
DG, Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), Major General Babar Iftikhar, has paid a heartfelt tribute to the martyr, adding that Pilot Officer Rashid Minhas lived up to the great traditions of the PAF.
Today we remember supreme sacrifice of Pilot officer Rashid Minhas Shaheed (Nishan-e -Haider) in the line of duty. Pilot officer Rashid Minhas lived up to great traditions of Pakistan Air Force serving the motherland.#OurMartyrsOurHeroes
— DG ISPR (@OfficialDGISPR) August 19, 2020
On his 49th martyrdom anniversary, the social media is full of messages of love for the national hero who sacrificed his life for the motherland. Let’s have a look at how people are paying tribute to the martyr:
The sacrifice of Officer Rashid Minhas is a shining example of our new generation. #RashidMinhasShaheed@TeamISPOfficial pic.twitter.com/z11oYwE7h0
— Akbar ️() (@AandA289) August 20, 2020
#RashidMinhasShaheed
Our Air Force decidedly had an upper hand and destroyed 110 Indian planes as against its own loss of 19 planes; a fact corroborated by the independent international sources.@TeamISPOfficial@AmberQureshi16 pic.twitter.com/U7QEM2fjax
— Amber Qureshi (@AmberQureshi16) August 20, 2020
#RashidMinhasShaheed
Minhas Airbase or Kamra Airbase is a PAF Airbase located at Kamra, Attock District, Punjab, Pakistan. It was named in the honour of Pilot Officer Rashid Minhas, who was awarded the Nishan-e-Haider for valor in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971.@TeamISPOfficial pic.twitter.com/z0aH0wfUvc
— Mahboob Ul Hassan (@Mahboob58519719) August 20, 2020
Minhas was awarded with the highest valour award – Nishan-e-Haider – for his bravery. He became the youngest officer to have received this award.#RashidMinhasShaheed #وطن_کے_شاہینوں_کو_سلام #PakistanArmy pic.twitter.com/7YG8INgzT0
— ٱسامہ جدون (@Us_AMa_) August 20, 2020
#RashidMinhasShaheed
The greatest honour for a man is to sacrifice his life for the country and live up to the expectation of the nation @aimmm_k pic.twitter.com/Dcc7G8nUa9
— Amna khan (VFP) (@aimmm_k) August 20, 2020
Today 20th August marks the Shahadah Day Of #RashidMinhasShaheed ,The Brave son of soil who sacrificed his life for the sake of his country
Nation salutes you pic.twitter.com/nljef5q66H
— Safa Irfan (@itzsafaah) August 20, 2020
Story of glory of Nishan-e-Haider rashid minhas.#RashidMinhasShaheed #ThursdayThoughts #NishanEHaider #lahorerain #PakistanArmy #PakistanAirForce #Pakistan #PakistanZindabad #وطن_کے_شاہینوں_کو_سلام #RashidMinhas #DGISPR #ImranKhan #PakistanBtsArmy pic.twitter.com/yZZgvYdaVQ
— Haider Studioz (@MalikEntertain3) August 20, 2020
Today marks the 49th Shahadat anniversary of brave ’Rashid Minhas Shaheed’. He is the youngest officer to receive Nishan e Haider for his valor. He embraced martyrdom at the age of 20.#RashidMinhasShaheed #PakistanAirForce #وطن_کے_شاہینوں_کو_سلام pic.twitter.com/c2ReZ3kDDO
— Sadia Manzoor (@The_Sadiaaa) August 20, 2020
#RashidMinhasShaheed
The instructor wanted him to fly to India; however, the determined Rashid was not ready for it. The ferocious struggle continued for minutes and as the aircraft neared the Indian border,Minhas knew what he was supposed to do.@TeamISPOfficial @ISP_Wala pic.twitter.com/X5NfV9mIYL
— خانپوری چیتا (@ISP_Wala) August 20, 2020
#RashidMinhasShaheed
46 years ago today took down his own plane for his homeland Pakistan & became #PAF's 1st Nishan e Haider@Kashmir592 @DGPR_PAF @TeamISPOfficial pic.twitter.com/9Ou1Lmnuyn
— ABH.Khokhar (@Kashmir592) August 20, 2020
https://propakistani.pk/2020/08/20/twitter-remembers-rashid-minhas-valor-on-martyrdom-anniversary/
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