Muhammad
Sarwar (1910–27 July 1948) (Urdu: محمد
سرور) was in born Singhori village,
Tehsil Gujar Khan, District of Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan. Muhammad Sarwar
was a captain in the newly formed Pakistani Army. Commissioned: 1944, Punjab
Regiment. In 1947, he volunteered to take part in the battalion organised by
the Pakistani Army that entered Kashmir on the order of the then
Governor-General Muhammad Ali Jinnah with the object of besting and chasing
away the Indian Army which had invaded Kashmir after the Kashmiri people
voted unanimously in favor of joining Pakistan (Citation needed). His
regiment managed to outflank the unorganized Indian troops and forced them
to retreat out of the parts which are now known as Northern Areas in one of
the battles of the First Kashmir War. He was killed by machine gun fire when
advancing forward through a barbed wire barricade. He was awarded the
Nishan-E-Haider for his bravery and valour.
During the Kashmir Operations soon after the birth of Pakistan, as Company
Commander of the 2nd Battalion of the Punjab Regiment, Captain Sarwar filled
with the spirit of Jihad launched an attack causing heavy casualties against
a strongly fortified enemy position in the Uri Sector under heavy machine
gun, grenade and mortar fire. But on 27 July 1948, as he moved forward with
six of his men to cut their way through a barbed wire barrier, he died when
his chest was riddled by a burst of heavy machine gun fire.
There is a college named after him, Sarwar Shaheed College.
Recipients of Nishan-e-Haider نشان حیدر in Pakistan
Captain Muhammad Sarwar Shaheed (1910–July 27, 1948), 6/8 Punjab
Major Muhammad Tufail Shaheed (1914–August 7, 1958), 1 Battlion East Pakistan Rifles
Major Raja Aziz Bhatti Shaheed (1928–September 10, 1965), 17 Punjab
Major Muhammad Akram Shaheed (1938–1971), 4 FF
Pilot Officer Rashid Minhas Shaheed (1951–August 20, 1971), PAF Training Squadron
Major Shabbir Sharif Shaheed (1943–December 6, 1971), 6 FF
Sawar Muhammad Hussain Shaheed (1949–December 10, 1971), 20 Lancers
Lance Naik Muhammad Mahfuz Shaheed (1944–December 17, 1971), 15 Punjab
Captain Karnal Sher Khan Shaheed (1970–July 5, 1999), 12 NLI
Havaildar Lalak Jan Shaheed (1967–July 7, 1999), 12 NLI.
Naik Saif Ali Janjua Shaheed (25 April 1922 ,26th April 1948) . He was awarded Hilal-e-Kashmir, by the government of Azad Kashmir in the 1948 War. This award has since been made the equivalent of the Nishan-e-Haider and is considered as one.