TAUSEEF "TAZZ" SATTI - TAZZ SPORTS, AUCKLAND

Tauseef "Tazz" Satti is a developer of cricket gear brand Tazz Cricket and a Director of Cricket at Kumeu Cricket Club in Auckland, New Zealand. Over the years he  also worked as a cricket player/coach in 6 different Countries. A former Area Cricket Coordinator at Northland Cricket in Northland, New Zealand. He had an experience of coaching Denmark U-15 International team in European Championship 2009 as well.

Tazz Satti (born 5 March 1980, Rawalpindi, Pakistan) is a former cricketer who played List A cricket for the Islamabad Cricket Association and Hawke Cup cricket for Northland Cricket Association (New Zealand). He moved to New Zealand in 2002, where he was a professional for Sydenham Cricket Club, Christchurch (2002–2005) and Northland Cricket Association (2007–2011).

Satti earned his MBA degree in 2015 from Massey University, Auckland. He is well traveled entrepreneur with a great appetite for innovation, at the age of 20 he started his first business venture "TS Sports" with $0 capital. He Created a cricket gear brand "Tazz" in 2003 , "Tazz" is now accredited by "International Cricket Council" and endorsed by several professional cricketers around the world. In 2004-05, Satti worked as online manager for "Leather Direct ", which is New Zealand's largest Leather good stockiest, and also launched their first ever user interactive website in 2005.

SAIMA SATTI - BRITISH COUNCIL

Saima Satti is currently serving as Head of Business Improvement at British Council in United Kingdom. She has over 15 years of experience working with the British Council, taking up different roles in her tenure. Her parents hailed from union council Bunn, New Murree.

Saima Satti is a focused professional and natural leader. Her ability to sift out extraneous information quickly and anticipate potential problems has helped the British Council to deliver globally.


         Experience

• Head Of Business Improvement at British Council, London.
• Deputy Head Of IELTS at British Council, London.
• Global IELTS Operations Manager at British Council, London.
• Regional IELTS Manager - UK, Ireland & Americas, London.
• Director ELT Pakistan at British Council, Lahore.
  
  Education
• Charted Institute Of Marketing       PD in Marketing (2007-2008)
• Regents College London         RSA Cambridge ESOl CELTA (1999)
• The University Of Reading              BSC (HONS)  1990-1994
  
  

Dr. RABAB SATTI

Dr Rabab Satti is a former assistant Professor of Quaid-I-Azam university Islamabad. She earned her PhD in biochemistry and Molecular microbiology from University of York, UK. She holds an M.Sc in (Biochemistry 2000-2002), M Phil (Biotechnology, 2003-2005) from Quaid-I-Azam university, Islamabad, Pakistan.

She is the Winner of prestigious Higher Education Commission Postgraduate fellowship award (£100,000) in 2006. In 2013, she received 0.25 million pounds each year for 2 years Early Career Research Award (ECRA) for Young Scientist on a Project Titled Molecular Characterization of LIPH protein.

Rabab Satti joined the Quaid-I-Azam university as an assistant professor on Interim Placement of Fresh PhDs Programme for one year and in 2013, and upgraded to the university payroll. She was awarded department grant for supervising M Phil students on her projects during her stay in Quaid-I-Azam university as an assistant Professor. Her first grant was also approved as Principal investigator and she supervised three M Phil students. Rabab Satti was actively involved in (M.Sc/M Phil), teaching, Research and as administration activities.


Publications by Rabab Satti

• A novel deletion mutation in the DSG4 gene underlies autosomal recessive hypotrichosis with variable phenotype in two unrelated consanguineous families.
• DNA induces Conformational changes in a recombinant human mini chromosome maintenance complex. Hesketh EL, Parker-Manuel RP, Chaban Y, Satti R, Coverley D, Orlova EV, Chong JP. J Biol Chem. 2015. 20;290(12):79739
• Prevalence of Hepatitis C Virus in Urban Ghettos of Twin Cities
• 
           Click here for her research work "Modulation of MCM helicase activity
  
  

SHAHID TASLLIM SATTI

After a very long and competitive process, Shahid Tasllim Satti was selected and awarded to participate in the highly competitive and prestigious fully funded Scholarship Program through the US State Department as a principal candidate from Pakistan. The program was organized by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the United States Department of State. As a cultural ambassador of the country, he presented Pakistan on different international forums.

Shahid Tasllim Satti was also elected as an Executive Board Member of Pakistan USA Alumni Network (PUAN) Islamabad. Presently, he is studying MS in Information Technology from the University of Newcastle, Sydney, Australia. He has completed his Postgraduate in IT from Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad. Besides this, he has done Masters in Business studies in 2017.

He has studied different courses on HRM, Business Management and Administration in the USA and successfully completed a program of Specialist in HRM and Business Administration and Management with flying colors. He was also involved in Community service and received awards and certifications from US department of state.

In addition to this he worked in HR/Admin/IT department of different organizations in the USA and Pakistan. This experience gave him the opportunity to work with diverse groups in the highly professional environment.

Shahid is also supervising Educational Project with the highly professional team in Pakistan and also mentoring prospective exchange scholars.

Apart from his educational career and social work he is a passionate artist. Since childhood, he was into drawings, paintings, and sketches on various subjects and won many competitions. Mostly he worked on nature and national heroes. According to him, he tries to spread the message of peace through colors. He was officially elected as a graphic designer for the Year Book group project in the USA, he designed many pages for the book and the work was highly appreciated.

Shahid Tasllim Satti originally hails from Santh Anwali, Kotli Sattian.

LT ARSALAN ALAM SATTI - SHAHEED, SITARA-E-BASALAT

Lt. Arsalan Alam Satti was born (17th April 1995) and raised in the village of Ghel Sattian, Murree. He was the only son and brother of three sisters. 

Arsalan Satti secured regular commission in Pakistan Army by joining Pakistan Military Academy L/C 135 on 13th May 2015 and completed his military training on 15th April 2017. He belonged to 29 Sindh Regiment.

He looked into everything in a different perspective, his desires and goals were no longer surrounded by this petty, mundane world. He was into another world. He wanted to conquer the world but in a way that was beyond our wisdom, a way which seemed to be out of this world but a world full of serenity and bounties.

Arsalan Satti described himself in an intro of his Facebook profile; "I alone can't change the world, but i can cast a stone across the water to create many ripples."

He participated in "Operation Khyber-4" after completion of his training from Pakistan Military Academy, Kakul. In August, "Operation Khyber-4" in Rajgal Valley had been successfully completed. The operation was launched in July to wipe out terrorists in the valley by targeting their hideouts. The army then established a number of check posts in the border region to stem the movement of militants. Arsalan Satti was promoted to Lieutenant days before his martyrdom and appointed as an Officer Commanding at the high-altitude post next to Afghan border after the military completed its operation against terrorists in the area. He was among those officers and soldiers who were posted to defend the area from cross-border infiltration.

The 22-year-old officer was commanding a post in Rajgal Valley, which borders Afghanistan, when it came under fire from the Afghan side on 23rd September 2017, at 09:00am. Lieutenant Arsalan Satti was shot in the head by a sniper and was airlifted to Peshawar for treatment, but he succumbed to his injures at the Combined Military Hospital in Peshawar.

Arsalan Satti was laid to rest on Sunday 24th September 2017 in his native village Ghel Sattian in Murree with full military honours. 

Lieutenant Arsalan Alam Satti, you surely had it all! ALL HAIL TO YOU!

Lt. Arsalan Alam Satti Shaheed's father Shamsher Alam Satti couldn't bear the loss of his beloved son, he suffered a heart attack on 29th November 2017. He was taken to CMH Murree where he breathed his last.


The Government of Pakistan awarded Sitara-e-Basalat to Lt. Arsalan Alam Satti - Shaheed for his gallantry, after his martyrdom on 23rd March 2019.                                        
                                       

               
By: Anjum Satti

LT ARSALAN ALAM SATTI - SHAHEED

Lt. Arsalan Alam Satti was born (17th April 1995) and raised in the village of Ghel Sattian, Murree. He was the only son and brother of three sisters. 

Arsalan Satti secured regular commission in Pakistan Army by joining Pakistan Military Academy L/C 135 on 13th May 2015 and completed his military training on 15th April 2017. He belonged to 29 Sindh Regiment.

He looked into everything in a different perspective, his desires and goals were no longer surrounded by this petty, mundane world. He was into another world. He wanted to conquer the world but in a way that was beyond our wisdom, a way which seemed to be out of this world but a world full of serenity and bounties.

Arsalan Satti described himself in an intro of his Facebook profile; "I alone can't change the world, but i can cast a stone across the water to create many ripples."

He participated in "Operation Khyber-4" after completion of his training from Pakistan Military Academy, Kakul. In August, "Operation Khyber-4" in Rajgal Valley had been successfully completed. The operation was launched in July to wipe out terrorists in the valley by targeting their hideouts. The army then established a number of check posts in the border region to stem the movement of militants. Arsalan Satti was promoted to Lieutenant days before his martyrdom and appointed as an Officer Commanding at the high-altitude post next to Afghan border after the military completed its operation against terrorists in the area. He was among those officers and soldiers who were posted to defend the area from cross-border infiltration.

The 22-year-old officer was commanding a post in Rajgal Valley, which borders Afghanistan, when it came under fire from the Afghan side on 23rd September 2017, at 09:00am. Lieutenant Arsalan Satti was shot in the head by a sniper and was airlifted to Peshawar for treatment, but he succumbed to his injures at the Combined Military Hospital in Peshawar.

Arsalan Satti was laid to rest on Sunday 24th September 2017 in his native village Ghel Sattian in Murree with full military honours. 

Lieutenant Arsalan Alam Satti, you surely had it all! ALL HAIL TO YOU!

Lt. Arsalan Alam Satti Shaheed's father Shamsher Alam Satti couldn't bear the loss of his beloved son, he suffered a heart attack on 29th November 2017. He was taken to CMH Murree where he breathed his last.
                                        
                                       

               
By: Anjum Satti

THE PEOPLE, RACES AND TRIBES OF KOTLI SATTIAN

The People of Kotli Sattian are generally well built and of balanced height, sturdy and strong, hardworking and fair in complexion. They are proud of their ancestors and pure-blood.

The people of this region are inborn soldiers and belong to the martial races in the northwest of the sub-continent. They possess a distinctive place and role in the
Armed Forces of Pakistan. Subdivision Kotli Sattian is the home of prosperous families, Bureaucrats and high rank military officers, who prefer to live in the glitz and glitter that is Islamabad.

There are four principal tribes that reside in the Subdivision. The Sattis are in absolute majority. The second major tribe is the Dhanial, who are in majority in the Karor area, comprising six villages. Karor is the central settlement.

The next major tribe is the Abbasi. This tribe occupies the whole village of karor. Also, the Abbasi families are scattered through the subdivision but in quite limited numbers.

The other major tribe is the Kethwal. They have a whole village named Dhirkot Kethwalan, and they also live in Phofandi and Balawara.

Sadaat who possess a distinct status among the people and respected, The Dhok Seelah, Karl, Burhad, Patian and Mori settlements are where Sadaat are in good numbers. There are still a number of families long inhabited in the area. However, they are not called by their actual family name. They are known by their age-old professions.

BRIGADIER (R) FIAZ AHMED SATTI

Brigadier Fiaz Ahmed Satti is a former Director General of Airports Security Force of Pakistan, he served as General Manager of Fauji Fertilizers company as well. He was awarded peace keeping medal when he was Commanding Officer at United Nation peace keeping mission in Somalia.

He earned degree in Global strategy and leadership from Foster School of Business, University of Washington. He completed his masters in Strategic management and leadership from National Defence University, Islamabad. He obtained Masters degree from Quaid-e-Azam University Islamabad and he went to Command and staff college, Tokyo for Military science and operational studies. Fiaz Satti attended Cadet College, Hassan Abdal from 1967 to 1972, prior to join Pakistan Army. 

Fiaz Satti was invited to United Nations Global Compact's International conferences as a trainer in New York, Rio de Jeneiro and Indiana. He also attended Aviation Security Conferences in Sydney, Houston, Washington DC, London and Kuala Lumpur.

Brigadier (R) Fiaz Satti is son of Deputy Commissioner Roshan Satti (Late) and nephew of Major Karim Satti (Late) of Dhall (Bunn), New Murree.

ANIS KHAN SATTI

Mr. Anis Khan Satti is currently a member of The Governing Body of Lawrence College, Murree, who was appointed as Pakistan's Delegate to the United Nations in 1978 and he served as a Presidential Envoy in 1980. He is perhaps the only Pakistani who never became an American citizen after living in America for over 58 years, but kept his Pakistani citizenship.

Anis Khan Satti attended Lawrence College, Murree from 1948 to 1955, where he did his Senior Cambridge & Higher Senior Cambridge. He was appointed the Head-boy in 1953 and served as the Head-boy in Lawrence College in 1953, 1954 and 1955.

After a nationwide competition, he was selected to represent Pakistan in the 1956 World Youth Forum in the United States, which consisted of fifty students from fifty countries.

Mr Anis Khan Satti completed his studies at Colgate University, Hamilton, New York, where he was elected President of the Student Body. He was the first foreigner to hold this position in a major University in the United States. 

After completing his education, he, along with his partners, set up a financial publishing business on Wall Street, which consisted of magazines, newspapers, conferences and seminars on finance. Institutional Investor continues today as a successful financial publishing enterprise. Its fast rise to success and fame made Time Magazine referring to the Company as the “Wonder Boys of the Wall Street". 

Anis Khan Satti also took part in the 1985 elections as a candidate for the National Assembly from NA 50 (previously NA 36).

MUHAMMAD KHALIQ SATTI SHAHEED - SITARA-E-JURAT

N/Risaldar Muhammad Khaliq Satti (Sitara-e-Jurat)

Muhammad Khaliq Satti known as Naib Risaldar Khaliq of 25 Cavalry regiment was a group commander in the Pakistan Army who received the third highest military award Sitara-e-Jurat (Star of Courage) for valour.  He is also known as "Man of Steel" and "Hero of Chawinda". Risaldar Khaliq embraced martyrdom on 16th September 1965 at Chawinda in Sialkot sector. The Battle of Chawinda was one of the largest tank battles in the history since the Battle of Kursk in World War II. The initial clashes at Chawinda coincided with the tank battle near Phillora and the fighting intensified once the Pakistani forces at Phillora retreated. However, the Indian assault was repelled, resulting in a Pakistani victory. The battle finally ended due to the UN ceasefire of the 1965 war.

The GHQ came to know that Indian thrust along Chawinda-Pasrur was to be the main effort of the Indian army. Pakistan’s 6th Armored Division was rushed to check and decimate the Indian armoured thrust on the anvil provided by 25 Cavalry. The regiment was awarded five Sitara-e-Jurrat awards, ten Tamgha-e-Jurrat and other gallantry awards. The recipients of the Sitara-e-Jurrat included Lt Colonel Nisar, Major Ahmed, Major Raza, Risladar Riazul Hasan and Naib Risladar Khaliq Satti (Shaheed). The ‘Men of Steel’ became the most decorated unit of Pak Army in one single action.

General Abrar Hussain (Hilal-e-Jurat) who remains one of Pakistan's most successful field commanders, writes in his book (Men of Steel: 6th armoured Division in the 1965 war)

"Naib Risladar Khaliq Satti (Shaheed SJ) could have even earned a Nishan-e-Haider and warrants a detailed study in junior leadership. This enigmatic and brave son of the soil remains a beacon of light for officers and men of the Pakistan Army." 

Khaliq Satti was born in Mateel, Kotli Sattian, and he was the first ever recipient of Sitara-e-Jurat from Satti tribe. He was a brave and patriotic soldier, prior to join the Pakistan Army he was a school teacher. Apart from that he was an excellent player of basketball and visited several countries in this regard. 

N/R Khaliq showed gallantry and great leadership skills during Gadgore attack. In the earlier part of the night 7/ 8 Sept, the 25 Cavalry Regiment was ordered to move to Narowal immediately and stop the enemy which had crossed over Jassar Bridge and was moving to Pasrur on Narowal - Pasrur Road. Major Shamshad Khan's troop was to attack the right half of the village while Naib Risaldar Khaliq's troop was to attack the left half of the village. Naib Risaldar Sultan Bhadur's troop was to move on the track as reserve. The attack had been launched and successfully cleared the Gadgore on 08th of September.

The enemy launched probing attacks frontally on Chawinda on 12th and 13th of September. Khaliq handled the situation effectively by hitting enemy tanks and losing one along with the driver in the process on 12th. 

On 14th of September Khaliq Shaheed simultaneously picked up this movement and reported to the Squadron Commander who was positioned at Nogazza, in general area MS 5 behind Chawinda. After capturing Buttardograndi, Risaldar Khaliq moved forward but immediately after that three tanks got shot up at railway station. The death of two leading unit commanders, at the crucial stage resulted in breaking the momentum of attack. At 1700 hours Khaliq Satti counter-attacked after intensive preparatory bombardment on enemy. The fierce tank battle continued, as a result Pakistan Army lost eight tanks and destroyed more than a dozen enemy's tanks.

 N/R Khaliq was fighting gallantly for five consecutive days. He was such a brave and courageous soldier as he used to come out of his tank cupola to observe the movement of the enemy properly to attack them, although enemy soldiers never dared to come out of their tanks. He and one of his colleague arrested a few enemy soldiers. When Khaliq came back to the camp to take some rest before going for his final mission, He took a bath and said to his fellows "I feel like time of Shahadat (martyrdom) is near".

And again he left for the battlefield as a group commander to cause more damage to the enemy, as he had already destroyed several enemy tanks in last five days. He was engaged with enemy in battlefield as he received a message from his colleague who was surrounded by enemy soldiers, he responded quickly and saved his colleague, but soon after that Khaliq was hit by mortar fire on his chest from a nearby sugarcane field, he jumped out of the tank to save the tank to catch fire and embraced martyrdom on the spot. 

He was described as a very helpful person, extraordinarily brave and patriotic soldier, who took great care of his troops and colleagues. Although a few know this unsung hero today. May Allah elevate his darajat in Jannah, Ameen.

Click here to watch a short documentary on Muhammad Khaliq Satti Shaheed

Written by  Anjum Satti
Photo contributed by Muhammad Idrees Satti