Ahmed Faruqui writes about Pakistan Air Force’s air combats against the air forces of India, Israel and the Soviet Union and how the PAF interacted with adversarial air forces during these encounters. The incident at Balakot in February this year in which a JF-17 of the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) shot down an Indian Air […]
5SharesI was 13, when the war between Pakistan and India broke out! I was in school that day when an unusual school bell started to toll soon after recess at about 11am. A continuous ringing bell used to be a signal for an important announcement. Only once in 1963 classes were suspended on the day […]
September 6 always reminds us of the heartwarming songs sung by Madam Noor Jahan during the 1965 war. These songs used to boost the morale of Pakistani soldiers fighting on the front. Her tribute to the martyrs of the war ‘Aye Watan Ke Sajeele Jawano’ is Pakistani equivalent to World War II’s legendary ‘Time To […]