The document discusses two Pakistani Army officers, Lieutenant Colonel Tariq Khan and Lieutenant Colonel Ahsan Mahmood. It describes Khan as an outstanding professional who took a principled stand against the Quetta police in 1978 and later served with distinction. It notes that Mahmood helped get the author's articles published and praised him as being less parochial and more intellectual than many other officers. Both officers are said to have excelled in their careers.
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19. THEN LIEUTENANT COLONEL TARIQ KHAN WAS AND IS AN OUTSTANDING
PROFESSIONAL.
I HEARD OF HIM IN 1978 WHEN HE TOOK AN ENTIRELY FIRM STAND OVER
A MATTER OR PRINCIPLE WHILE AT THE INFANTRY SCHOOL IN QUETTA
AND THRASHED THE QUETTA POLICE.
I MET HIM WHILE HE WAS AN INSTRUCTOR AT SCHOOL OF ARMOUR
NOWSHERA IN JANUARY-MARCH 1984 AND LATER AS MY BRIGADE
OFFICER IN 5 ARMOURED BRIGADE MULTAN WHILE HE WAS A
CAPTAIN/MAJOR IN 4 CAVALRY.
HE WAS ALSO INSTRUMENTAL IN GETTING MY ARTICLES TANK THRUST
AND RELATION OF ORGANISATION TO CONDUCT OF WAR PUBLISHED IN
CITADEL.
PRESENTLY HE IS COMMANDING THE FRONTIER CORPS NWFP WITH
FLYING COLOURS.MAY GOD PROTECT AND BLESS HIM ALWAYS..HE IS
MILES ABOVE MOST OFFICERS THAT I SAW IN THE ARMY.
20. THEN LIEUTENANT COLONEL AHSAN MAHMOOD , A KAKKEZAI FROM
SAHIWAL WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN GETTING MY ARTICLE
PUBLISHED.BEING A SOUTH OF CHENAB OFFICER HE WAS LESS
PAROCHIAL AND MORE INTELLECTUAL.HE IS NOW A MAJOR GENERAL
AND IS AN OUTSTANDING PROFESSIONAL I HEAR , WHICH HE WAS WHEN I
MET HIM IN OFFICE OF LIEUT COL MAJID HASSAN (46 LONG COURSE) (44/61
SP AND 12 MEDIUM)