Shufti Chaudhri
Iftikhar Ahmad Chaudhri (8 January 1920 – 2 June 2015) better known as ''Shufti'', was a Pakistan Army officer with prior service in the British Indian Army, who served as an intelligence officer during the Italian campaign (World War II). Awarded the Military Cross in June 1944, Chaudhri displayed exemplary leadership in January of that year. While serving near Arielli, a village south of Pescara, he braved intense enemy attacks, including locating missing personnel, leading his men against the Nazi Germany, Germans at close range, and orchestrating a successful withdrawal under heavy fire. Chaudhri's actions described in the citation for the Immediate MC, showcased the finest traditions of Indian fighting men. Early life and family Iftikhar Ahmad Chaudhri was born on 8 January 1920 in Kharian, British India, to Chaudhri Fazal Ahmad, a tehsildar from Jalalpur Jattan. Iftikhar belonged to a prominent Warraich (clan), Warraich Jat family of Gujrat district. He attended the Al ...
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