Career
He joined Pakistan Army as a driver on 3 September 1966 at a very young age of 17 years. Despite being a driver he always yearned to participate in active battle a spirit which is commendable and applausable and His God answered his Labbaik in the war of 71. Sowar Muhammad Hussain being the part of Pakistan Army was in the 20th Lancers Armoured regiment, when war broke out in 1971, Sawar Muhammad Hussain took an active part in every battle in which his unit was engaged unmindful of any danger, no matter how grave.
He thus immediately informed the secondin-command of his unit but simultaneously on his own initiative he directed accurate fire at the enemy resulting in the destruction of sixteen enemy tanks.
Thus while directing fire from recoilless rifles, he was hit in the chest by a burst of machine-gun fire and embraced Shahadat on 10 December 1971 at the age of 22.