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{{Short description|Pakistani Army officer (1919–2013)}}
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{{Infobox military person
| name = Abdul Qayum Sher
| honorific_suffix = {{ubl|''[[Hilal-e-Jurat]]''|[[Hilal-i-Jurat|HJ]]}}
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1919|05|15}}
| birth_place = {{ubl|[[Jangal Khel]], [[Kohat, Frontier Province]], [[British India|British Indian Empire]]|Present-day Pakistan}}
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2013|08|26|1919|05|15}}
| death_place = [[Lahore]], Pakistan
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| allegiance = {{ubl|[[British Subject]] (1919–1947)|Pakistan (1947–2013)}}
| branch = {{ubl|[[British Indian Army]] (1940–1947)|[[Pakistan Army]] (1947–1968)}}
| serviceyears = 1940–68
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| rank = [[Brigadier]]
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| servicenumber = ''PA-332''
| unit = [[Baloch Regiment|Baluch Regiment]]
| commands = {{ubl|[[11 Baluch]]|[[Guides Infantry]], [[22 Brigade]]}}
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| battles = [[World War II]]
*[[Burma Campaign]]
*[[Indo-Pakistani War of 1965]]
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| spouse = Amita Sher
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[[Brigadier]] '''Abdul Qayum Sher''' {{small|[[Hilal-i-Jur'at|HJ]]}} (15 May 1919 – 26 August 2013) was an officer of the [[Pakistan Army|Pakistani Army]].<ref>{{Cite news|date=28 August 2013|title=1965 war veteran laid to rest|work=[[Dawn (newspaper)|Dawn]]|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1038833}}</ref>

==Early life and education==
Abdul Qayum Sher was born into the prominent [[Shinwari (Pashtun tribe)|Shinwari]] tribe of [[Pathans]]. His father Khan Mohammed Azam Khan was an engineer with the [[Indian Civil Service]], who became Permanent Secretary in the Department of Public Works after the [[Partition of India]].

As a child, Abdul Qayum Sher was sent first to Switzerland and then on to Durham in England, where he attended [[Durham School]] (1935–38) and then [[Durham College]]. He participated in sports and was active in the rowing and rugby teams at school level.

==Military career==
Abdul Qayum Sher was on a visit to India at the outbreak of [[World War II]], and enrolled into the British Indian Army, attending the [[Indian Military Academy]] at [[Dehradun]]. He served with distinction in the Burma campaign during the war.

At partition he chose to live in Pakistan, and participated in the capture of [[Pakistan-occupied Kashmir|Pandu, Kashmir]], during hostilities in 1948 with India. He commanded various battalions including his parent 11 Baluch Regiment. He attended the [[Pakistan Command and Staff College]] in Quetta and in the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1965]] was Brigade Commander 22 Brigade on the Lahore front. He led the counterattack force which repelled the Indian attack on Lahore, and captured Indian General [[N. Prasad]]'s command headquarters (15th Indian Division), leading the attack with his Brigadier insignia and flag on his command jeep. He was awarded the [[Hilal-i-Jur'at|Hilal-i-Jurat]] for outstanding bravery.

==Personal life==
In 1945, Abdul Qayum Sher met and married his wife Amita, who was a teacher in Lahore, and later became a social worker and author. They had five children, three of whom are still alive.

After retirement he volunteered for the Pakistan Society for the Rehabilitation of the Disabled (PSRD), and worked there until weeks before his death in 2013.

== Awards and decorations ==
{| style="margin:1em auto; text-align:center;"
| colspan="4" |{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=Hilal-e-Jurat.png|width=130}} {{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=Tamgha-e-Diffa.png|width=130}} {{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=Sitara-e-Harb 1965 War Ribbon.png|width=130}}
|-
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=War Medal 1965(Tamgha-e-Jang, A.H.1385).png|width=130}}
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award‐star|ribbon=Pakistan Independence Medal 1947.png|width=130}}
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=Republic Medal 1956 (Pakistan).png|width=130}}
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=1939–1945 Star.png|width=130}}
|-
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=Burma Star BAR.svg|width=130}}
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=Ribbon - War Medal.png|width=130}}
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=Ribbon India Service Medal.png|width=130}}
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=QE II Coronation Medal 1953.png|width=130}}
|}
{| class="wikitable" style="margin:1em auto; text-align:center;"
|'''[[Hilal-i-Jurat|Hilal-e-Jurat]]'''
''(Crescent of Courage)''

'''[[Indo-Pakistani War of 1965|1965 War]]'''
| colspan="2" |'''[[Awards and decorations of the Pakistan Armed Forces#Campaign / war medals|Tamgha-e-Diffa]]'''
''(General Service Medal'')

'''[[Indo-Pakistani War of 1965|1965 War]] Clasp'''
|'''[[Awards and decorations of the Pakistan Armed Forces#Campaign / war medals|Sitara-e-Harb 1965 War]]'''
''(War Star 1965)''
|-
|'''[[Awards and decorations of the Pakistan Armed Forces#Campaign / war medals|Tamgha-e-Jang 1965 War]]'''
''(War Medal 1965)''
|'''[[Pakistan Medal|Pakistan Tamgha]]'''
''([[Pakistan Medal]])''

'''1947'''
|'''[[Awards and decorations of the Pakistan Armed Forces|Tamgha-e-Jamhuria]]'''
''(Republic Commemoration Medal)''

'''1956'''
|'''[[1939-1945 Star]]'''
|-
|'''[[Burma Star]]'''
|'''[[War Medal 1939-1945|War Medal]]'''
'''[[War Medal 1939-1945|1939-1945]]'''
|'''[[India Service Medal]]'''
[[India Service Medal|'''1939–1945''']]
|'''[[Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal|Queen Elizabeth II]]'''
'''[[Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal|Coronation Medal]]'''

'''(1953)'''
|}

=== Foreign Decorations ===
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="3" style="background:#006400; color:#FFFFFF; text-align:center" |'''Foreign Awards'''
|-
! rowspan="5" |'''{{flag|UK}}'''
|'''[[1939-1945 Star]]'''
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=1939–1945 Star.png|width=130}}
|-
|'''[[Burma Star]]'''
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=Burma Star BAR.svg|width=130}}
|-
|'''[[War Medal 1939-1945]]'''
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=Ribbon - War Medal.png|width=130}}
|-
|[[India Service Medal|'''India Service Medal 1939–1945''']]
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=Ribbon India Service Medal.png|width=130}}
|-
|'''[[Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal]]'''
|{{Ribbon devices|number=0|type=award-star|ribbon=QE II Coronation Medal 1953.png|width=130}}
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.www5bb.com/detail/C0BFWFkULhlV]{{Dead link|date=May 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Pakistan Army Channel

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[[Category:Indo-Pakistani War of 1965]]
[[Category:Pakistan Army officers]]

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