pervez musharraf was the army chief of pakistan at the time of kargil war.
pervez musharraf was the army chief of pakistan at the time of kargil war.
who is the army chief of pakistan at the time of kargil war?
pervez musharraf
his sixth book "witness to blunder: kargil story unfolds" was on the kargil war. 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. he is also renowned for his criticism of general (retd.) pervez musharraf for his misadventures during the kargil war. 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.
ashfaq hussain (pakistan army officer)
kargil war memorial, is a war memorial built by the indian army, located in dras, in the foothills of the tololing hill. the memorial is located about 5 km from the city centre across the tiger hill. it is located on the srinagar-leh national highway 1d. the memorial is in the memory of the soldiers and officers of the indian army who were martyred during the 1999 conflict between india and pakistan. the conflict later became known as the "kargil war". the memorial has a huge epitaph with names of all the officers and soldiers who died in war. kargil vijay diwas is celebrated on 26 july every year at the memorial simultaneously the prime minister of india pays tribute to the soldiers at amar jawan jyothi at the india gate, new delhi. the main attraction of the whole memorial is the sandstone wall, in the open, which has the names of all the indian army personnel, who laid their lives during the kargil war besides there is also a souvenir shop. visitors to the memorial can also see from there, some of the peaks that the indian army captured back from pakistan. a giant national flag, weighing 15 kg was hoisted at the kargil war memorial to commemorate the 13th anniversary of india’s victory in the war.
dras war memorial