The Boy Who Wrote About the Light of Blood
At fifteen, as a student at Military College Jhelum, he wrote an article for the Alamgirian magazine titled “Lahuu Ki Roshni” — the Light of Blood. It was a schoolboy’s tribute to martyrs. Years later, Lieutenant Faiz Sultan Shaheed illuminated those very words with his own sacrifice. An officer of the 115th PMA Long Course, commissioned into 4 Frontier Force Regiment, he embraced shahadat on 11 June 2009 in a battle that has become the stuff of legend.
Twenty-Two Bullets. Thirty-Five Terrorists. Two Mountains.
On that Thursday, Lieutenant Faiz Sultan led his men with exemplary courage against the terrorists. He took twenty-two bullets in his chest — including one from a 12.7 calibre heavy machine gun — and kept fighting. He had packed his backpack with eight additional magazines of ammunition and six hand grenades, and he used them all. Before he fell, he eliminated thirty-five terrorists and wrested control of two mountains: Zaray Sar and Sur Qammar. He had not eaten anything for two days, for there was no food supply — yet hunger never dulled his resolve.
These are not the statistics of a long campaign. They are the statistics of a single day, a single officer, a single stand. He packed eight magazines and six grenades because he intended to fight to the last — and he did. Because the fighting was so intense, his body remained lying on the mountain slope for two days before it could be recovered. The mountain held him. The nation holds his memory.
A Prophecy Written at Fifteen
There are stories that feel like prophecy. A fifteen-year-old boy at Military College Jhelum writes “Lahuu Ki Roshni” — the Light of Blood — for the Alamgirian magazine, a schoolboy’s tribute to martyrs he had only read about. Years later, he becomes the subject of such tributes himself: twenty-two bullets, thirty-five terrorists, two mountains taken. From the boy who wrote about sacrifice to the officer who illuminated those words with his blood — his is a story the nation will tell for generations, to every new class of cadets who dream, as he once did, of the light of blood.
The Original Tribute
Tomorrow is 17th shahadat anniversary of Lt Faiz Sultan Shaheed.
11 June 2009 on Thursday, by receiving 22 bullets in his chest including one from 12.7 caliber heavy machine gun. He led his men with exemplary courage, and eliminated 35 terrorists. He has got the control of two mountains named Zaray Sar and Sur Qammar.
He had packed his backpack with eight additional magazines of ammunition and six hand grenades. His body remained laying on the mountain slope for two days due to intense fighting with the terrorists. He has written an article just at the age of fifteen named “LahuuKiRoshni” in the Alamgirian Magazine of Military College Jehlam.
He has not eaten any thing since two days before his shahadat due to lack of food supply.
Pride of the nation. Pride of 115L/C ex 4FF.
The Light He Wrote About
His shahadat anniversary is observed every year on 11 June. Seventeen years have passed, and he is remembered as the pride of the nation and the pride of the 115th Long Course, his name spoken wherever soldiers gather to talk of courage.
A boy who wrote about the light of blood at fifteen grew into a man who gave his blood as a young officer. The article in the Alamgirian magazine was a tribute; his life became the tribute that schoolboys now read about. There are soldiers whose courage becomes a lesson for every new generation, and Lieutenant Faiz Sultan is one of them. Twenty-two bullets could not break him — and time will not dim his glory. Pakistan will tell his story for generations.
 embraced shahadat on 11 June 2009 after eliminating 35 terrorists. Read his tribute.){kind=link}