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Explanation

Captain Karnal Sher Khan Shaheed Nishan-e-Haider was known as the hero of the Kargil war

Sher Khan was martyred on 5 July 1999 during the Kargil War between India & Pakistan.

Sher Khan was a captain in the 27th Sindh Regiment of the Pakistan Army 

Sher Khan was posted to the 12th NLI Regiment during the Kargil Conflict

Related Question to the Kargil War:

The Kargil War was fought between India and Pakistan on1999

Kargil War fought from the month of May to July 1999

The Kargil War is also known as the Kargil Conflict but in India, this conflict is known as Operation Vijay

Kargil's Issue was stopped by the intervention of the United States of America (USA).

Strength: India: 30,000 = Pakistan: 5,000

The Kargil War was fought in the Kargil district of Kashmir and elsewhere along the Line of Control (LoC).

General Pervez Musharraf was the Chief of the Army Staff of the Pakistani army during the Kargil War in 1999.

Gen VP Malik was the Chief of the Army Staff of the Indian army during the Kargil war in 1999.

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Explanation

Bajwa was commissioned in 1980 in the 16th Battalion of the Baloch Regiment.

Commands: Chief of Army Staff 

Assumed office on 29 November 2016

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Preceded by General Raheel Sharif

Explanation

General Ayub Khan served as the first Chief Martial Law Administrator from 1958 to 1962.

He was the third Commander-in-Chief of the Pakistan Army from 1951 to 1958.

He also became the President of Pakistan from 1958 to 1969.

Explanation

Captain Karnal Sher Khan, recipient of the Nishan-e-Haider, belonged to the 27th Sindh Regiment,

He was posted to the 12th Northern Light Infantry (NLI) Regiment during the Kargil conflict. 

He was born in Naway Kiley (now Karnal Sher Khan Kallay) village, Swabi district, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa. 

Explanation

In 1965, Ayub Khan appointed himself as Field Marshal of Pakistan.

He was the first and the only Field Marshall of the Pakistani Army,

Field Marshal of the Pakistan Army has five stars.

Ayub Khan forced Iskander Mirza to resign and assumed power of president on 27th October 1958

Ayub Khan also served in the civilian government as Defence and Home Minister from 1953 to 1958.

He assumed the Presidency after exiling President Iskandar Mirza in 1958.

Explanation

General Ayub Khan was appointed as the first Pakistani Commander-in-Chief of the Army on 17 January 1951 by Prime Minister Ali Khan.

This ended the transitional role of British military officers.

He played a pivotal role in shaping Pakistan's military and political landscape.

He later became President in 1958.

Explanation

• Pakistan Army has secured silver medal in one of the toughest military competitions of the world known as ‘Cambrian Patrol’ in Wales, UK.
• The Pakistani team (67 Punjab Regiment) was led by Lt Awais Usman. Team Manager Maj Osama and Observer Maj Haseeb also played a pivotal role.
  

Explanation

• On June 15, the ongoing Pakistan Army operation "Operation Zarb-e-Azb" (Sharp Strike) completed its first year.
• The military operation is the first of its kind against the Islamist insurgents based in the North Waziristan district of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) of Pakistan.
• However, there have been previous operations elsewhere in FATA since Pakistan's first operation against al-Qaeda, Tarik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and other foreign Islamist militant groups in the area in 2002.

Explanation

Pakistan used Stinger missiles during the Soviet-Afghan War (1979-1989) 

For the support of Afghan mujahideen fighters against Soviet forces