Sepoy Maqbool Hussain of Azad Kashmir Regiment was declared missing on August 20, 1965 during Operation Gibraltar in Srinagar Area, his relatives said. He was understood to have been martyred. Forty years later, he crossed the Wagah border in exchange for civilian prisoners. A far cry from the tall well-built soldier he once was, mentally disoriented, was presumed to be a fisherman like the rest of the group who returned with him. Back in home, neither his parents, nor his brother were in this world to receive him. In his saner moments, he kept writing No.335139 whenever he was questioned about his identity. Weeks later, officials, realizing the significance of the number, handed him over to the military, under whose care he has been for the past two years. Now he is spending his life under the high attention, and love of Pak Army.
Posted on: Fri, 22 Aug 2014 08:28:31 +0000
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