Colonel (retd) Ashfaq Hussain
For the Pakistani poet, see Ashfaq Hussain
| Colonel (retd) Ashfaq Hussain | |
|---|---|
| Born | Lahore |
| 🎓 Alma mater | PMA Kakul |
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Ashfaq Hussain is a Pakistani author and a retired military personnel[1] who served in the Pakistan Army as a Colonel.[2] He had served as a senior officer in the media wing of the Pakistan Army.[3]
His seminal work, the Gentleman series[4] - five books on his experiences while serving in the Pakistan army - is popular in Pakistan's bookstores. The book series is a humorous account of his experience in the Pakistan army.[5]
His sixth book "Witness to Blunder: Kargil Story Unfolds" was on the Kargil war.[3][6] Hussain was a colonel in the Inter Services Public Relations Directorate (ISPR) during the time of the Kargil war. Husasin has recounted his observations and experiences of the entire war in the book. His findings expressed in the book are based on direct interaction with Pakistani officers at multiple levels who were directly involved in Kargil war. He personally interviewed senior commanders, leaders, middle-level and also junior officers in the Pakistan Army.[7] He is also renowned for his criticism of General (retd.) Pervez Musharraf for his misadventures during the Kargil War.[8][9] Hussain was covered both in the national and international mainstream media for the revelations related to the Kargil war. He also alleged that Musharraf claimed only 270 deaths from the Pakistani army in the war, while the real casualties were more than a thousand personnel.[3]
Publications[edit]
Books
- 1976: Gentleman Bismillah[10]
- 1984: Gentleman Alhumdulillah[11]
- 1994: Gentleman Allah Allah[12]
- 2001: Gentleman Subhan Allah
- 2008: Witness to Blunder: Kargil Story Unfolds[13][14][15]
- 2016: Gentleman Fi Arzillah[5]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Ashfaq Hussain stirs nationalism in students at NICE (SCEE)". www.nust.edu.pk.
- ↑ "Commend Musharraf for crossing LoC to be with troops: General VK Singh".
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Musharraf crossed LoC, spent night in India in 1999".
- ↑ "Goodreads - The Gentleman series by Ashfaq Hussain". Goodreads.com. Retrieved 11 Aug 2018.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Hussain, Ashfaq (2016). (Hard cover ed.). Idara Matboat Salman. pp. 312 pages https://www.daraz.pk/gentleman-fi-arzillah-i1664963-s9542520.html. Missing or empty
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- ↑ "Controversy: Musharraf crossed LoC before Kargil war - The Express Tribune". 2 February 2013.
- ↑ "REVIEWS: Line of fire". 1 March 2009.
- ↑ "Musharraf himself crossed LoC during Kargil mission: book". PakistanToday.com.pk. Retrieved 14 Sep 2018.
- ↑ "Before Kargil Gen Pervez Musharraf crossed LoC, spent night in India, says aide and former Pakistan army officer". India Today.
- ↑ "Goodreads - Gentleman Bismillah by Ashfaq Hussain". Goodreads.com. Retrieved 11 Aug 2018.
- ↑ "Goodreads - Gentleman Alhumdulillah by Ashfaq Hussain". Goodreads.com. Retrieved 11 Aug 2018.
- ↑ "Goodreads - Gentleman Allah Allah by Ashfaq Hussain". Goodreads.com. Retrieved 11 Aug 2018.
- ↑ "REVIEWS: Line of fire". 1 March 2009.
- ↑ ABP NEWS (31 January 2013). "Pak soliders did not know aims of Kargil Operation: Colonel Ashfaq Hussain" – via YouTube.
- ↑ "'Witness to Blunder' By Ex ISI Officer, Colonel Ashfaq Hussain".
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