Early Military Career
Shariff was commissioned in the British Indian Army in 1942 into a battalion of 3rd Punjab Regiment, the Muslim companies of which were amalgamated into 1 Punjab after partition.He and Aslam Khan Afridi(Fellow Kashmiri and elder brother of Asghar Khan, Pak AirForce Chief) took part in Indonesia operations as well as kashmir 1947-48 operations.He was one of few ethnic kashmiri officers to join pak army at partition as seniormost kashmiri officers Hiralal Atal and Md Karimullah Sheriff joined Indian army. Shariff then moved to 3 Punjab Regiment.His bravery in kashmir operations was noted and he was rapidly promoted. He became Lieutenant Colonel in 1952 and was promoted to Brigadier-General eight years later in 1959. Then Brigadier-General Shariff took part in the 1960 Dir Operations when the army removed the Nawab of Dir when he was commanding the Shariff Force.
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