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{{other people|Muhammad Abbas}} | {{other people|Muhammad Abbas}} | ||
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== Forced Retirement by Ayub Khan == | == Forced Retirement by Ayub Khan == | ||
Abbas Baig had no political ambitions and decided to go quietly as a gentleman officer.{{Citation needed|date=July | Abbas Baig had no political ambitions and decided to go quietly as a gentleman officer.{{Citation needed|date=July 2009}} Thus, came to a premature end a glittering and brilliant career of what could have been one of the finest military leaders the country has produced. After a long retirement, Brigadier Abbas Baig died in April 2008 in the village of Thatti Mughlah, Jhelum. His legacy continued with all three of his sons having served in the [[Pakistan army]] as officers and his grandsons are now carrying on the tradition by serving the very units of the army that Abbas Baig had helped establish more than half a century ago.{{Citation needed|date=July 2009}} | ||
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