War On Drugs
Upon his return Abbas was transferred to the Mohmand Agency in the Tribal areas of the North West Frontier Province of Pakistan. His major responsibilities included border security along the Pakistan-Afghan Border and made huge advances in quelling the bustling opium and arms trade in the region. He helped the Mohmand Rifles in getting nominated for the prestigious Frontier Corps Week which saw an influx of a huge amount of development funds. According to many local residents, the then Colonel Abbas did more work in the region than any of the other commandants had ever done in all the years combined.
During the promotions board of 1997, Abbas was promoted to the rank of Brigadier and was given the charge of the 22nd Brigade stationed at Mehfuzpura just outside Lahore. His military career was marred two years later when he underwent an angiogram. This made him unfit for further promotion and he was thus transferred to Multan as the Chief Executive of the Multan Electric Power Company (MEPCO) &. Abbas is a licensed glider pilot and has received over 16 Army medals for his commendable performance as an officer.
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