Ka hoki mai, ka uru a Major Alam ki te pakanga tuarua ki Inia i te tau 1965, ka whakahau i tetahi kamupene ki te ope Indian, ana mahi toa i whiwhi ia i te Sitara-e-Jurat na te Perehitini o Pakistan i te tau 1966. I te tau 1967-1970, ka haere a Maj. Alam ki te United Kingdom i reira ia i uru atu ai ki te Whare Wananga o te Ope Taua o Ingarangi i Camberley, ka mahi i te 28th Cavalry i te rohe o Chamb i te taha hauauru o te pakanga tuatoru
ki Inia i te tau 1971. Whai muri i te pakanga, ka haere a Maj. Alam ki te Whare Wananga o te Rangatiratanga o te Motu, me tana tuakana Lt-Cdr. Ko Shamoon, nā te mea i puta mai rāua i te tohu MSc i roto i ngā akoranga Pakanga. Mo tētahi wā, Lt-Col. I mahi a Shamim i tetahi wa poto hei kaiwhakaako i te Whare Wananga o te Air War i Islamabad.