Military Honours distributed amongst Officers, Soldiers and Martyrs of Pakistan Army
President Dr Arif Alvi on Friday conferred military awards on the serving and martyred armed forces personnel at a Pakistan Day investiture ceremony held here at Aiwan-e-Sadr.
A total of 49 officers and soldiers of the Pakistan Army, Navy and Air Force were given military awards. Families of four martyred troops in categories of Nishan-i-Imtiaz, Hilal-i-Imtiaz, and Sitara-i-Basalat received their awards. Two foreign dignitaries from friendly countries also received awards.
Army Chief General Asim Munir, Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee Chairman General Sahir Shamshad Mirza, National Assembly Speaker Raja Pervez Ashraf and other dignitaries attended the ceremony.
President Alvi awarded Nishan-i-Imtiaz (military) to Commander of Bahrain National Guards Shaikh Mohammed Bin Salman Al-Khalifa and Hilal-i-Imtiaz (military) to Defence Attache of Saudi Arabia Major General (Pilot) Staff Awad Bin Abdullah Alzahrani in recognition of their illustrious services of strengthening defence ties with Pakistan.
President conferred Sitara-i-Bisalat on martyrs of Pakistan Army in recognition of their valour demonstrated while fighting terrorists in operation areas. Awards were received by family members of martyrs, including Major Shujaat Hussain (30 Baloch Regiment, martyred in Angoor Adda, South Waziristan); Captain Bilal Khalil (Army Medical Corps, martyred in Noshki, Balochistan); Captain Faheem Abbas (72 Punjab Regiment, martyred in Jani Khel area of Bannu); and Sepoy Muhammad Waqas (18 Frontier Force Regiment, martyred in North Waziristan).
President conferred Hilal-i-Imtiaz (military) on Air Marshal Chaudhry Ahsan Rafiq (Air Headquarters), Air Marshal Waqas Ahmed Sulehri (AHQ), Major General Khurram Nisar (Joint Services HQ), Major General Qamar un Nisa Chaudhry (Army Medical Corps), Major General Irfan Ali Mirza (AMC), Major General Muhammad Rafiq Zafar (AMC), Rear Admiral Javed Iqbal (Naval Headquarters), Rear Admiral Muhammad Sohail Arshad (NHQ), Rear Admiral Salman Ilyas (NHQ), Air Vice Marshal Muhammad Nadeem Sabir (AHQ), Major General Syed Khurram Shahzad (AMC), Major General Bilal Umair (AMC), Major General Muhammad Wasim (AMC), Major General Muhammad Suhail Amin (AMC), Major General Ariq ur Rehman Sulehria (AMC), Major General Muhammad Aleem (AMC), Air Vice Marshal Salman Abbas Shah (AHQ), Major General Muhammad Avais Dastgir (General Headquaretrs), Major General Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry (JS HQ), Rear Admiral Muhammad Faisal Abbasi (NHQ), Major General Omar Ahmed Bokhari (GHQ), Major General Inayat Hussain (GHQ), Major General Kamal Azfar (Frontier Works Organization), Major General Muhammad Aamer Najam (National Defence University), Major General Adil Yameen (GHQ), Major General Fahim Amer (Inter-Services Intelligence), Major General Shahid Manzoor (JS HQ), Major General Muhammad Kashif Azad (ISI), Major General Tabassum Habib (GHQ), Major General Kamran Ahmed Satti (GHQ), Major General Adil Rehmani, Major General Muhammad Hassan Khattak (ISI), Major General Muhammad Shuja Anwar (General Officer Commanding), Major General Majid Jahangir (JS HQ), Major General Azhar Waqas (Rangers), Major General Asif Mahmood Goraya (Army Air Defence), Major General Akif Iqbal (ISI), Major General Rashid Mahmood, Major General Muhammad Irfan (GOC), Major General Dilawar Khan (JS HQ), Major General Abdul Moeed (GOC), Rear Admiral Muhammad Saleem (NHQ), Air Vice Marshal Shams ul Haq (AHQ), Major General Chaudhry Muhammad Qamar ul Haq Noor, and Air Vice Marshal Muhammad Qaiser Janjua (AHQ).