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تحریک آزادی کشمیر اور جماعت احمد به 705 تاریخ احمدیت - جلده MESSAGE FROM GENERAL SIR DOUGLAS GRACEY K۔C۔I۔E۔, C۔B۔۔C۔B۔E۔, M۔C۔, COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF ΤΟ FURQAN BATTALION Your offer to provide a volunteer force in the fight for liberation of Kashmir in June 1948 was gratefully accepted, and the Furqan Bn, came into being۔After a short period of training during the summer of 1948, you were soon ready to take your place in the field۔In September 1948 you were placed under Commander MALF۔Your Bn was composed entirely of volunteers who came from all walks of life, young peasants, students, teachers, men in business; they were all embued with the spirit of service for Pakistan; you accepted no remuneration, and no publicity for the self sacrifice for which you all volunteered۔Yours was a noble cause۔You impressed us all with your keenness to learn, and the enthusiasm you brought with you۔You and your officers soon got over the many difficulties that face a yong unit۔In Kashmir you were allotted an important sector, and very soon you justified the reliance placed on you and your nobly acquitted yourself in battle against heavy enemy ground and air attacks, without losing a single inch of ground۔Your conduct bothe individual and collective and your discipline have been of a very high order۔As your mission is over and your Bn is under orders to disband, I wish to thank every one of you for the service you have rendered to your country۔Khuda Hafizi 17th June, 1950 Sd۔General Commander in Chief۔Pakistan Army۔