evidence: After Indian independence, Kiani opted for Pakistan. He commanded the Kashmir rebels in the First Kashmir War, served as a political agent of Gilgit Agency, a Major General of the Pakistan Army and later as the Minister of Information in Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq's government. His contributions to the Azad Hind Fauj were later acknowledged and he was awarded the Netaji Medal posthumously by the Indian Government. [...] - ^ Shah Nawaz Khan (1946). My Memories of I.N.A. & Its Netaji. Rajkamal Publications. pp. 60–62. - ^ Shah Nawaz Khan (1946). My Memories of I.N.A. & Its Netaji. Rajkamal Publications. pp. 247–248.