as speechwriter for President Zia-ul-Haq. In 1981, he was promoted to colonel in the army, and during this time, he remained in charge of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, though he was not appointed minister. In 1982, Salik was permanently appointed as Press secretary for President Zia at the Army GHQ. In 1985, he was promoted as brigadier, and was appointed Director-General of Inter-Services Public Relations when his appointment was approved by then-vice army chief General K.M. Arif. During his tenure at Inter-Services Public Relations, he became widely known in the public circles in country when he acted as the principal source of information on Pakistani military deployment in response to the Indian Army's massive military exercise. On 17 August 1988, Brig Salik was among those who died in a mysterious plane crash while he was traveling with President Zia and American ambassador Arnold Lewis Raphel; he was buried in his local village with full military honors. Authorship, memoirs, and family During his lifetime, Brig. Salik authored 9 books on military and politics; of which, six were written in Urdu and three were written in English. In 1974, he wrote and published his first memoir, "Hamah Yārān̲ Dozak̲h̲", that recorded his life spent as war prisoner under the Indian Army. His book and novels also included: (1974) Witness to Surrender (, 1977) (1981) (1986) Pressure Cooker (1984) Wounded pride: the reminiscences of a Pakistani prisoner (1984) Emergency (1985) Salute: An autobiography (1986) State and Politics: A Case Study of Pakistan (1987) His novel, , is a contemporary satire which provides humor while discussing the political events in his country. See also Military in the media War artist Military journalism References External links Former Directors and DG's of ISPR 1935 births 1988 deaths Punjabi people University of the Punjab alumni Military personnel from Lahore English–Urdu translators Frontier Force Regiment officers Pakistan Army officers Pakistani war correspondents People of the Bangladesh Liberation War Pakistani prisoners of war Pakistani non-fiction writers Pakistani novelists Pakistani memoirists Pakistani humorists Pakistani human rights activists S English-language writers from Pakistan Urdu-language writers from Pakistan Directors-General of the Inter-Services Public Relations 20th-century translators Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in 1988 Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in Pakistan 20th-century memoirists