Sept 02 , 2015
News
'Spirit of 1965 war still alive in nation'
‘Pakistan Army, Air Force countered enemy successfully’
APPLAHORE - People residing in villages near border with India were witness to the Indians aggression and their defeat by the Pakistan Army during the 17-day 1965 war.
This was observed by various senior citizens while recording their eyewitness account here on Wednesday. “The attack was initiated by Indians in the early morning,” said Muhammad Rafique Abbass of Batapur area near border.
Abbas – who was 25-year-old in 1965 – said that the attack was sudden and no one was prepared for it but the Pakistan Army and the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) countered the enemy successfully with the support of the people. He added that civilians were also in high spirit to defend the motherland.
– A message to the enemy –
Carrying sticks axes and few old-type of guns, they reached the border to deliver a message to the enemy that the nation was fully at the back of the Pakistan Army, he said. “Our army had not forced us to go back. We would have reached in front of the coward Indians without caring of their guns and tanks,” he said while remembering his past.
“None of us was the rich or the poor but all were one and object was to fight for country,” he said. He recalled the people ignored all of their differences and get united to defend Pakistan. “I was present near railway station when a bomb by an Indian fighter jet thrown but it was not exploded near Domoria Pul,” he said.
“I saw two Indian fighter jets flying near Sanghla Hill and Pakistanis raised slogans in favour of the Pakistan Army and the Pakistan Air Force,” said Ali Haider – another senior citizen. Muhammad Yousaf who was 35-years-old in 1965 said that it was Monday when a bomb was thrown by an Indian jet near Bata Shoe factory at 6:53am when the PAF retaliated in a befitting manner.
– Principles of war –
“I cannot forget those moments of bravery of civilians,” he said. He also said that Indians were targeting civilians without following principles of war. Haji Rehmat Ali, who was 20-year-old in 1965, said that he was in his fields at night when he witnessed the presence of the Indian Army. He said that some soldiers of the Pakistan Army countered them by firing after quick changing their positions.
Finally, “the Indians had to run back and we had glimpses of it,” he said. Bashir Ahmed of Talwara village said that he was 17-year-old when the Indians started the war and soon they had to bow to their knees. All the villagers asserted “the same spirit of the 1965 war was alive in our people and we are all one to defend Pakistan."
Courtesy www.dailytimes.com.pk