ISLAMABAD: Recipient of Nishan-e-Haider, Lance Naik Muhammad Mahfuz Shaheed was remembered on his 52nd martyrdom anniversary on Monday.
Born on October 15, 1944, in Pind Malakan Rawalpindi, Lance Naik Muhammad Mehfuz was enrolled in the Pakistan Army on October 25, 1962. After training, he joined the 15th Punjab Regiment.
During the 1971 war, Lance Naik Muhammad Mehfuz was part of the Pul Kanjry operation in the Wahga-Attari sector.
On the night of December 17, while capturing the objective, his company was halted at about 70 metres short of Indian positions.
His machine gun was destroyed due to enemy shelling so he took another machine gun from a martyred soldier and effectively engaged an Indian machine gunner who was inflicting heavy causalities on his company.
In the process, Muhammad Mehfuz was critically injured and his machine gun was destroyed. Unruffled by his wounds, he leapt forward and strangulated the enemy to death.
