The leading Major Mohammad along with his men reversed back every attack of the enemy during the 1971 war. He pilled upon the Indian forces and also destroyed three of their tanks. He got shots in the chest and embraced martyrdom on the 5th of December 1971.
This iron man was born on the 4th of April 1938 in Dingha, Gujrat District. He was a military brat and his father retired from the British army as a Havildar. He studied geography in his intermediate and after that, he was commissioned in the 4th Frontier Force Regiment on the 13th of October 1963. Major Muhammad Akram was commanding a company in the forward area of Hilli district, East Pakistan during the war of 1971.
He used to be active all the time and when once attacked by the enemy, he along with his men repulsed every attack, inflicting heavy casualties on the enemy. Major Muhammad Akram was leading an anti-tank party in front of the forward defended locations and destroyed three tanks of the enemy. During the battle, he received a bust of fire in the chest and embraced martyrdom on the 5th of December 1971.
The Iron man was awarded Nishan-e-Haider. This verse well suited all the martyrs:
“Shuheedan-e-wattan Ka Hosilay Tha Deed Kay Qabil
Wohn Par Shukar Kartay Thay Jahan Par Sabar Mushkil Tha”
