A Heart Warming Story of A Brave Son of Pakistan

A few months back I met a jawan from Pakistan Army DSG branch. Due to my interest and good know how of the military, we really hit it off and started a very fascinating conversation about life in the military. It was then that he told me a story of his friend, (in Pakistani military terms, his "numberi") who got Shahdat at PAF base Kamra terrorist attack back in 2012. Kamra, also known as Pakistan Aeronautical Complex (PAC) is about 60 kilometres northwest of Islamabad. On the request of this Jawan I am writing the story of M. Asif here and also linking the video that this jawan gave me. He was carrying this video with him in his cell phone to honour his beloved friend. Mere words cannot describe the sorrow and depth of emotions this soldier had in his eyes for his lost friend.


Asif Shaheed from 17 DSG Pak Army at Kamra PAF... by sajid93

This brave son of Pakistan was Sepoy Muhammad Asif. This teenager fought single handedly till his last breath and his last bullet to defend his check post and to stop the terrorists to enter the Kamra facility. He was the only army personnel appointed on the checkpost but was accompanied by 3 PAF security personnel. When a car filled with explosives hit the wall of the facility and exploded to give way for on foot terrorists to enter, the PAF security guys panicked and fell back immediately (without putting on a fight) to alert the base and regroup. They also took their weapons with them. M. Asif on the other hand stayed and laid down covering fire with his Pak army standard issue G-3 rifle. He only had 3 clips in total and he soon ran out of Ammo. The terrorists sensing the opportunity got to him and slayed him.

A G-3 gun. Image Source:oldschoolguns.blogspot.com

Meanwhile the base was now on full alert and they were now exchanging fire with the terrorists to stop them from getting any near to the Aircrafts on the tarmac. Soon the Champs, the Special Services Group SSG of Pak army arrived and put an end to this menace after an intense gun battle which lasted for almost five hours. Even a layman can see that these Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) guys were not just some ordinary random guys but trained soldiers with good Intelligence information about their target. We all know which country benefited the most from our losses on this incident. The country who doesn’t want to see us strong. Here we also have to remember that Kamra is home to several squadrons of fighters and surveillance planes including the famous state of the art JF-17 thunder which Pakistan is producing in collaboration with the People’s Republic of China as a low cost multirole jet fighter.

 

 

The 3 PAF security personnel who had left M. Asif altogether faced hearings at the PAF HQ and were dishonourably discharged for leaving a brother in arms in the way of harm instead of defending their check post.

May Allah give Pakistan more sons like Sepoy Muhammad Asif who prefer to lay down their own lives defending our motherland rather than to live as a coward. Ameen.

Pakistan Zindabaad.

Pakistan Army - Special Services Group (SSG)

Update:
July 26^th, 2014 :

Rangers personnel claim to have killed another suspect involved in the attack on Kamra Base. 
http://tribune.com.pk/story/740985/fire-fight-another-mastermind-of-kamra-base-attack-killed-in-encounter/