PERSONAL PORTRAITS OF AIR CHIEF MARSHALS

PAKISTAN AIR FORCE
CHIEF OF AIR STAFF 1978-1985
FULL NAME: MUHAMMAD ANWAR SHAMIM
WIFE: TAHIRA SHAMIM
MARRIED: 1958
DIED: January 3, 2013

RELIGION: SUNNI MUSLIM FROM BIRTH. Father was well known
Educationist, a graduate of Aligarh University.
Wife SHIA.

Never had any fight over sects!
Both have performed Hajj, he was fortunate to wash the
inside of Khana Kaaba; and have a section of the black cloth
with golden letters which once covered Khana Kaaba.

COUNTRY OF BIRTH: Pakistan, Haripur, Hazara, NWFP/Wife: Rawalpindi, Punjab.

Officially:
ONE COAS EXTENSION A NECCESITY:
After the President insisted on his extension as Chief of Air
Staff, he had to continue his duty.
The next officer was as yet junior, and the President wanted
him to oversee the full induction of the F-16 before he
retired.

POST-RETIREMENT SERVICE OFFERS:

Offer of AMBASSADOR TO CANADA, and Canada had no objection.
This was while they were packing and shifting to
Islamabad, wrapping up thirty plus years of military life,
whirlwind of farewells, son's recent wedding; first grandson;
finally he decided to say no, due to his son-in-law being
posted to Canada from Foreign Service. No other Ambassadorship
was ever offered, or refused.

AIR CHIEF MARSHAL'S AUTOBIOGRAPHY

"He was our Base Commander, an excellent man." -------- Air Chief Marshal M. Anwar Shamim

"The Quiet Man - The Autobiography of Air Chief Marshal Sir Neville McNamara -

"WINGS" PAPER WEIGHT

Graduation present for child leaving for college.
The back says,"Wings are not just for flying away"

PUBLISHED WORK OF ACM (Retd.,) M. ANWAR SHAMIM

PUTTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT: MISQUOTES

After his retirement, Air Chief Marshal Anwar Shamim
was extremely aggrieved at how some journalists
completely misquoted him on sensitive issues. For example,
on MQM, a journalist misquoted him to show a position
opposing and harmful to MQM, most likely to create hatred for his
person. His misquotes were promptly
reproduced all over, even in Indian newspapers.
He did resort to legal action once, and won the case,
but the apology was in an obscure corner, almost
useless. He does not like taking legal action, it wastes
money and energy, and would rather
educate people about dis/misinformation, or mistake.



ARTICLES:

LEADING PAKISTAN ENGLISH NEWSPAPERS:


DAWN: Saturday March 12,1988
Afghanistan Problem: The End In Sight?....I

DAWN: Sunday March 13, 1988
Afghanistan Problem: The End In Sight?....II

DAWN: March 27, 1988
Implication’s of India’s Naval Build-Up.

DAWN: April 4, 1989
Dilemma of the Bureaucracy.

DAWN : Saturday May 20, 1989
What Does Agni Portend?


DEFAMATION ON THE INTERNET:
ETHICS OF CITIZEN JOURNALISM

MOVEMENT PROMOTION THROUGH
LINKING AND OTHER METHODS----
RESPONSIBLE CHECKS AND
BALANCES.

Internet is a wonderful arena of actual free speech,
a wonderland of fantasy and reality, all available on
one screen.

Internet is not like any other media; it is information
that is constantly present, unlike other mediums,
where once aired or published, it may not be
available, "in instant, streaming, and constantly
adaptable (i.e.,editable
capacity, to cater for previous
weaknesses and mistakes) form."

In the past, if some journalist of newspapers and
Magazines, even of repute like TIME,
NEWSWEEK; quoted "unknown sources" which fit their story,
enhanced their story, or even quoted known high level
sources, (which unknown to them, due to lack of good
investigation of the local revenge politics), were actually
defaming to destroy an individual or organization; it
was understood that such journalists
and such reporting does exist. (Google fabricated
news, Ethics in journalism, etc).

However, Internet from the very beginning has had
a strong image of credibility way beyond other mediums,
for apparently having honesty of a machine, yet
associability of humans.

With such a remarkable arena of interaction, at least a
basic consideration should be that absent solid
factual evidence, or conviction, no one should
be able to actually malign a person's reputation
by naming them directly; they can be referred to
as part of some group or such other methods, if
it is a rumor or hunch or such.

Simply quoting someone quoting someone else;
which starts it's own false authenticity; is a
disservice to any good cause for accurate
historical record keeping, or academic work.

Another, ethical consideration should be that
if names are being listed, then the inference
that is being drawn should not only be backed
by evidence, but also by counter argument
from the person named, or organization
maligned.

M. Anwar Shamim

He lost his mother at age two, to illness; and his only
adored brother to an accidental fall soon after.
His father remarried, and had a new family of
seven daughters.
He was sent to live with his grandpa and step-grandma.
This was the best thing that happened to little Shamim,
because step-grandma, never having had her own kids,
showered all her pent up love and care on him, while
grandpa was a wise, humble, and spiritual.
The combination of early pain of losses, older and gentler
company, and spiritual caring, turned him into a man that
had no regrets for what he lost; or what he did not have;
treasured what he had; and struggled for what he could
achieve.
Colleagues named him “cool cat,” because he
remained perfectly calm under the highest pressure of
wars. During 1965 war, after thirty six straight
hours of flying, without any break, he proved
worthy of his title.