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Colonel Sher Khan

Karnal Sher Khan was a Pakistani military officer born on January 1, 1970, who received the Nishan-e-Haider for his bravery during the Kargil War, where he was killed in action on July 5, 1999. He served as a captain in the 27th Sindh Regiment and later in the 12th NLI Regiment, successfully defending strategic posts against multiple attacks from the Indian Army. His actions were recognized by both Pakistani and Indian military officials, leading to his posthumous award of the highest military honor in Pakistan.

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Colonel Sher Khan

Karnal Sher Khan was a Pakistani military officer born on January 1, 1970, who received the Nishan-e-Haider for his bravery during the Kargil War, where he was killed in action on July 5, 1999. He served as a captain in the 27th Sindh Regiment and later in the 12th NLI Regiment, successfully defending strategic posts against multiple attacks from the Indian Army. His actions were recognized by both Pakistani and Indian military officials, leading to his posthumous award of the highest military honor in Pakistan.

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Karnal Sher Khan (1 January 1970 – 5 July 1999) was

a Pakistani military officer.[4] He is one of only


eleven recipients of Pakistan's highest military
gallantry award, Nishan-e-Haider. He was a captain
in the 27th Sindh Regiment of the Pakistan Army
and later was posted to 12th NLI Regiment during
the Kargil War. He was killed in action during the
war. For his bravery during the Kargil War, he was
awarded the Nishan-e-Haider. His name is the
localised form of the rank Colonel.

Personal life
Karnal Sher Khan was born on 1 January 1970 into
the Yusufzai tribe of Pashtuns of Naway Kallay
village (now Karnal Sher Khan Kallay village), located
in Swabi, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. His father's name
was Hazar Khan. He was the youngest of two
brothers and two sisters and his mother died when
he was 6 years old which left him to be raised by his
father.
Khan completed his intermediate education at a
government postgraduate college in Swabi and later
joined Pakistan Armed Forces.[3] Throughout his
life, Khan cared about the poor people in his area
and spent most part of his salary helping them.[5]

Military career
After completing his intermediate education, Khan
first joined Pakistan Air Force (PAF) as an Airman in
1989, in Korangi he was in the Iqbal wing, he was
roommate and a close friend of sqn\ldr Retd. M
Mushtaq (who later served in PAF for 35 year as
flight engineer ).Later Capt Karnal Sher Khan joined
Pakistan Army as a commissioned officer in 1992.[3]
On 14 October 1994, Khan was commissioned in the
27th Sindh Regiment of Pakistan army.[6]

During the Kargil War, Khan was deployed at the


Gultari region.[7][8] He along with his fellow
soldiers established five strategic posts at height of
17,000 feet at Gultari. Indian Army launched eight
attacks on their position to capture the strategic
posts. However, Khan and his men were able to
defend those strategic posts.[9] On 5 July 1999, the
Indian army launched another attack and
surrounded his posts with two battalions. With
heavy mortar fire, the Indian Army captured one of
his posts. Khan personally led a successful counter-
attack and was able to re-capture the lost post.
Despite shortage of ammunition and men, Khan was
successful in forcing the enemy to retreat. However,
during the battle he was hit by machine gun fire and
was killed in action.[1][7][8][9][10]

Indian Army Brigadier M. P. S. Bajwa was impressed


by the actions of Captain Khan and wrote to the
government of Pakistan citing the bravery of the
young officer.[11][12][13] Bajwa wrote a citation for
Khan and placed it in his pocket while returning his
body to the Pakistani officials.[5] Khan's actions
during the war were also vouched by his fellow
Pakistani soldiers and Khan was posthumously
awarded Pakistan's highest military honour, the
Nishan-e-Haider.[5]

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