Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Mgbe ọ lọtara, Major Alam sonyere n'agha nke abụọ ya na India lụrụ n'afọ 1965, na-achị otu ụlọ ọrụ megide ndị agha India na omume ọma ya mere ka onye isi ala Pakistan nye ya Sitara-e-Jurat n'afọ 1966. N'afọ 1967-1970, Maj. Alam gara United Kingdom ebe ọ gara ụlọ akwụkwọ ndị agha nke ndị agha Britain na Camberley, wee jee ozi na 28th Cavalry na mpaghara Chamb na
western n'ihu nke atọ agha na India na 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.