Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu maka paragraf a - Mgbe ọ lọtara, Major Alam sonyere n'agha nke abụọ na India na 1965, na-achị otu ụlọ ọrụ megide ndị agha India na omume ike ya mere ka o nweta Sitara-e-Jurat site n'aka Onye isi ala Pakistan na 1966. N'afọ 1967-1970, Maj. Alam gara United Kingdom ebe ọ gara ụlọ akwụkwọ ndị agha Britain na Camberley, wee jee ozi na ndị agha 28th na mpaghara Chamb na mpaghara ọdịda anyanwụ nke agha nke atọ
na India n'afọ 1971. Mgbe agha biri, Maj. Alam gara mahadum National Defence University, ya na nwanne ya nwoke Lt-Cdr. Shamoon, dịka ha abụọ gụsịrị akwụkwọ na MSc na War Studies. Ruo oge ụfọdụ, Lt-Col. Shamim jere ozi nwa oge dị ka onye nkuzi na kọleji Air War na Islamabad.