GUJRAT: The 76th birth anniversary of great war hero, Major Shabbir Sharif, Nishan-e-Haider, is being observed with great reverence and devotion across the country on Sunday.
Major Shabbir Sharif embraced martyrdom on 6th December 1971, while defending the motherland in the Sulemanki Sector on the western front. He and his men destroyed four enemy tanks and held two Indian battalions at bay by killing 43 soldiers.
Major Shabbir Shaheed was posthumously awarded the Nishan-e-Haider during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971.
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In a tweet, Foreign Office spokesperson Dr Muhammad Faisal said that Pakistan paid tribute to Major Shabbir Sharif for his unparalleled valour and courage as heroes never die.
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نہ مالِ غنیمت نہ کِشور کشائی On his birth anniversary, #Pakistan pays tribute to Major Shabbir Sharif shaheed, Nishan-e-Haider for his unparalleled valour & courage. #HeroesNeverDie pic.twitter.com/RCdiM3OTdA— Dr Mohammad Faisal (@DrMFaisal) April 28, 2019
Major Shabbir Sharif was born on 28 April 1943 in Kunjah, Gujrat District. He was commissioned into the Frontier Force Regiment on 19 April 1964. He embraced martyrdom by a direct hit in the afternoon of 6 December 1971.
