Kammala wannan jumla:
yakin neman 'yanci a Gabas wanda ya nuna jaruntakarsa ya sami yabo a Pakistan wanda ya jagoranci Firayim Minista Zulfikar Ali Bhutto ya yarda da shawarwarin da za a ba Major Arif tare da lambar yabo, "Sitara-e-Basalat". A shekarar 1975, an mayar da shi zuwa Pakistan daga Wagha kuma an ba shi damar ci gaba da aikin soja, an ba shi mukamin Laftanar-Colonel. Ya ba da shaida a gaban Hukumar Binciken Yaƙin da Babban Alkali Hamoodur Rahman ya jagoranta, yana ba da bayanan gazawar leken asirin soja da aka yi a Gabas.