Captain Mearaj Muhammad Safi Shaheed - Sitara-i-Basalat (Military)

Captain Mearaj Muhammad Safi Shaheed - S.Bt (M)
***Captain Mearaj Muhammad Safi  Shaheed was a BRAVE Officer of Pakistan Army.
He came from the Safi Tribe of Mohmand Agency but his ancestors had migrated to Takht Bhai area of Mardan. His father, Dost Muhammad Khan Safi (Late) was an officer in WAPDA and had shifted his family to Peshawar for service reasons and kids schooling.
*** Mearaj Muhammad was selected for study at Cadet College Razmak in 1997 and placed in Jinnah Boarding House..His reputation, during his stay at Cadet College Razmak, remained that of a Jolly and Intelligent cadet who took part in all college activities; from academics to sports to stage dramas to debate contests. He got 4th Position in SSC exam of B.I.S.E Bannu by scoring 764 marks out of 850 (a whooping 90%). He was appointed Two-Star Commander of Jinnah House and he managed it very well too. He scored 871 marks out of 1100 in HSSC exams (Board topped at 886 that year).

Personalities of FATA - "FATA Awareness Initiative" Series

"FATA Awareness Initiative" Team presents a new series "Personalities of FATA". This series of posts is will give profiles and brief biographies of the heroes, important personalities and celebrities of FATA.
Here, we will present profiles of people from all walks of life; from Politicians to Artists; from Tribal Chieftains to Sportsmen; from Bureaucrats to Religious leaders and from Military Officers to Historic Icons, all sharing one common ground i.e. FATA.

Lt. Sajjad Shaheed Sitara-i-Basalat (Military) - Shaheed-e-Bajaur

'Faqir of Ipi' or 'Ipi Faqir'; Legendary Waziristan Fighter and Saint

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'Faqir of Ipi' or 'Ipi Faqir'; Legendary Waziristan Fighter and Saint - Personalities of FATA

Faqir of Ipi

Brief Profile:

Name: Mirza Ali Khan S/O Sheikh Arsala Khan

Born: 1897; in Village Shankai Kirta, near Khajuri Camp in North Waziristan.

Tribe: Wazir è Turi Khel è Madda Khel è Bangal Khel

Education: Theology / Traditional Medicine / Spiritual guidance in Qadiriyya

Marriage: Daughter of Qari Hayat-uddin Bannuchi in 1920s

Performed Hajj: 1923

Settled in: Ipi village near Mir Ali, North Waziristan

Shot to Prominence: 1937~1947; Islam Bibi Case (Hindu-turned-Muslim girl’s love with a Muslim man and her subsequent death at the hands of her Hindu relatives). Faqir of Ipi organized an armed struggle against the British Raj for its role in this episode.

Lt. Sajjad Shaheed Sitara-i-Basalat (Military) - Shaheed-e-Bajaur

Lt. Sajjad Khan Shaheed - S.Bt (Shaheed-e-Bajaur)
*** Lt. Sajjad Khan Shaheed, Shaheed-e-Bajaur, was a BRAVE Officer of Pakistan Army belonging to Bajaur Agency (FATA). He did his F.Sc from Cadet College Razmak North Waziristan and was inducted in Pakistan Military Academy, Kakul in 2006.
*** He was commissioned in FF Regiment of Pak Army in 2008. He remained on Sialkot Border for some time and was afterwards sent to Darra Adam Khel. He played his role effectively in ensuring peace in the militancy-hit areas. He actively took part in a number of operations in Darra, Khyber and Orakzai.
*** In December 2010, Pak Army thrust deep into militant strongholds in Orakzai Agency and established several posts to consolidate the gains. Lt. Sajjad volunteered to command one such strategic post in the Chappari Feroze Khel area on the junction of Orakzai, Khyber and Darra Adam Khel.

FATA Journalist Nasrullah Afridi Killed in Car Blast: ’نصراللہ آفریدی خود خبر بن گئے‘

بی بی سی اردو ڈاٹ کام :Courtesy

’نصراللہ آفریدی خود خبر بن گئے‘

رفعت اللہ اورکزئی

’میں نے فیکس کے ذریعے دو خبریں بھیج دی ہیں اس کے علاوہ ای میل کے ذریعے کوئی خبر نہیں بھیجی ‘۔

یہ پیغام گزشتہ روز پشاور بم دھماکے میں ہلاک ہونے والے سنئیر قبائلی صحافی نصر اللہ آفریدی نے آخری مرتبہ اپنے دفتر فون کرکے دیا اور اس کے تقریباً پانچ منٹ بعد وہ خود ایک خبر بن گئے۔