Honoring Major Aziz Bhatti Shaheed..

Honoring Major Aziz Bhatti Shaheed..

Aziz was posted in the Burki area of Lahore sector. As the company commander, he chose to move his platoon forward under constant firing from Indian tanks and artillery. For three or more days he went without rest. He resisted for five days and nights defending a Pakistani outpost on the strategic BRB canal.

On September 6, 1965, as a Company Commander in the Burki area of the Lahore sector, Aziz chose to stay with his forward platoon underincessant artillery and tank attacks for five days and nights in the defence of the strategic BRB Canal, throughout, undaunted by constant fire from enemy small arms, tanks and artillery. He was reorganising his company and directing the gunners to shell the enemy positions. In order to watch every move of the enemy, he had to place himself in an elevated position, where he was exposed to Indian fury. He led his men from the front under constant attack from Indian Artillery batteries. Although he tried to counter every Indian offensive in his area, he was hit by an enemy tank shell in the chest while watching the enemy's moves and embraced martyrdom on September 12, 1965. He was only 37 years old at that time.

A day before his shahadat (martyrdom), the commanding officer had sent to him word that since he had been fighting untiringly for the last five days and nights, he should take a little rest and that another officer was being sent to replace him. Aziz, who was filled with a battle spirit and the will for martyrdom replied, "Do not recall me. I don't want to go back. I will shed the last drop of my blood in the defence of my dear homeland."