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Captain Sher Khan was born in
Nawan Killi, a village in Swabi District of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa. Karnal is
localised form of Colonel. Karnel Sher Khan's home village of Nawan Kali (means:
New Village) has now been named after him as Karnal Sher Killi (Village of
Karnal Sher Khan).Captain Sher Khan was the youngest of his two brothers and two
sisters. His mother died in 1978 when he was eight. He was brought up by his
paternal aunts. His family is deeply religious and they say that Sher was an
embodiment of piety and Islamic teaching.
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Sher Khan got his early education in his native city After completing his
intermediate from Government College Swabi he joined Pakistan Air Force as an
air man. He got training from PTTS (Pre Trade Training School ), a renowned
institute which produced two recipients of Highest gallantry award
Nishan-e-Haider ( Major Raja Aziz Bhatti Shaheed and Captain Karnal Sher Khan
Shaheed.
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The Tiger Hill Complex is a set of six strategic posts; the Tiger Hill Top,
Western Spur, Eastern Spur, India Gate, Rocky Knob and Helmet. If the Indian
account is to be believed, Captain Karnal Sher Khan was responsible for setting
up and defending one of these posts. On the other hand, the Pakistani account
states that Sher was responsible for setting up forward defensive posts around
the Gultari and Mushkoh Valley areas in Kargil, and that he had nothing to do
with Tiger Hill. This article is based on the Indian account. In any case, the
actual location does not matter as will be seen in the remainder of this
article. From Indian readings, it appears that Sher was in fact defending the
post on the Western Spur. The truth, however, will never be known. The active
participation of the Kashmiri Freedom Fighters in the Tiger Hill battles is,
however, a well researched fact. |