In 1971, he acted as special advisor to the Pakistan Air Force and prior to the start of hostilities of the Bangladesh War he is reported to have said that the Pakistani army would be in New Delhi within a week.
During the war, his twin-engined Beechcraft was destroyed in an Indian air raid on the Chaklala air base - he was reportedly incensed and demanded retaliation. Despite Pakistan's surrender to India, he stayed on in Pakistan until March 1973, and spent most of his time making several expeditions to the K2 mountain, vacationing in Swat, trekking and hunting in the Northern Areas and learning the Urdu language...
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