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Havildar Lalak Jan of the Northern Light Infantry Regiment fought from the forefront to thwart heavy Indian attacks.

Jan asked his mother to pray for his martyrdom before venturing into the jaws of death. Jan valiantly defended his post with a handful of men and repulsed numerous Indian attacks leaving behind scores of dead bodies. Critically injured and bleeding, he refused to be evacuated and repulsed the attack before embracing martyrdom.

Lalak Jan was born on April 1, , to Niat Jan, a poor farmer in Yasin tehsil of Ghizer district and received his early education in his native village and completed his middle school before joining the Pakistan Army in Owing to his professionalism and physical agility, he had been part of most of the teams in the unit. He went on to play a key role in leading the unit's commando team to the first position and was later stationed at the NLI Regiment Bunji as a weapon training instructor.

In May , while the enemy was preparing for a major offensive, Havaldar Lalak Jan was serving in Company Headquarters.

Photograph of the mausoleum of Havaldar Lalak Jan (Shaheed) Nishan-e-Haider ( - ).

He volunteered to fight on the frontline. Jan was at his home spending— in hindsight — his final moments with his family when the war erupted. He responded with alacrity. On the battlefield, surrounded from all sides by Indian fire, Lalak Jan sustained serious injuries as a result of heavy mortar shelling but managed to inflict huge blows to the Indian camp before dying at his post.

When his body was found, Jan had his AK clinched to his chest. Upon fulfilment of the wish, his father thanked Allah and said that his son sacrificed his blood to irrigate the holy garden of Pakistan dearer than his own life. Lalak Jan, along with a handful of comrades, not only successfully defended his post but also thwarted several enemy attacks and inflicted heavy casualties to the enemy.

On June 12, , Lalak Jan suddenly launched a fierce attack, forcing the enemy to retreat and escape leaving their bodies behind. The enemy acknowledged the strong defence of Qadir Post in these words: "No soldier left his post.