LAHORE: An investiture ceremony was held at Corps Headquarters here on Friday.

According to a press release, Corps Commander Lieutenant General Sadiq Ali conferred military awards on army personnel for their acts of gallantry and meritorious services.

A large number of military officials and relatives of army personnel attended the ceremony. One soldier was awarded Tamgha-i-Jurrat, while 34 others Tamgha-i-Basalat, 17 Sitara-i-Imtiaz (Military) and 24 Tamgha-i-Imtiaz (Military).

Medals of slain soldiers were received by their next of kin. At the conclusion of the ceremony, the corps commander interacted with the relatives.

Tamgha-i-Jurrat was received by the widow of Lnk Muhammad Altaf, who had died during the terrorist attack on Army Public School, Peshawar.

Posthumous Tamgha-i-Basalat were received by next of kin of Naib Sub Amanullah Tabassum, Hav Muhammad Akram, Hav Khizar Abbas, Hav Safdar Hussain, Hav Allah Ditta, Hav Shaukat Hussain, Hav Asif Jahangir, Lnk Qaiser Naved, Lnk Tariq Mehmood, Lnk Tanveer Khan, Lnk Tahir Rasid, Lnk Muhammad Irfan, Sep Rashid Ali, Sep Amir Abbas, Sep Muhammad Latif, Sep Mudassar Nadeem, Sep Shafiqur Rehman, Sep Amanullah, Sep Naveed Ahmed, Sep Muhammad Waseem Afzal, Sep Muhammad Imtiaz, Sep Zahid Iqbal Anjum, Sep Imran Naseer, Sep Muhammad Amjad, Sep Muhammad Rashid, Sep Safdar Abbas, Sep Muhammad Nawaz, Sep Muhammad Atiqur Rehman and Spr Haroon Javed.

Tamgha-i-Basalat were received by Nk Muhammad Irfan, Lnk Kamran Murtaza, Sep Shahid Nawaz, Sep Babar Latif and Sep Zahoor Rahman.

The recipients of Sitara-i-Imtiaz (Military) included Brig Muhammad Safeer Vaseer, Brig Sarfraz Ahmed, Brig Mujahid Hussain, Brig Muhammad Masood, Brig Babar Alauddin, Brig Tariq Mahmood, Brig Muhammad Afzal Malik,, Brig Muhammad Jamil, Brig Abdul Majid, Brig Syed Amer Shahzad, Brig Khalid Mahmood, Brig Muhammad Younis, Brig Aqeel Haider, Col Nauman Gul Khan, Col Ali Imran Khan and Col Naeem Masood Khan.

The recipients of Tamgha-i-Imtiaz (Military) included Lt Col Hassan Yaseer Malik, Lt Col Muhammad Saeed Raja, Lt Col Shakil Ahmed Butt, Lt Col Muhammad Ahmed, Lt Col Nauman Rashid, Lt Col Kashif Rehman Babar, Lt Col Muhammad Ilyas Khan, Lt Col Aamir Sultan, Lt Col Chaudhry Mumtaz Ahmed Tarar, Lt Col Ishtiaq Alam Afridi, Lt Col Muhammad Mohsin Ashraf, Lt Col Aftab Ahmed, Lt Col Muhammad Waqar Latif Khan, Lt Col Jawad Jalil, Lt Col Sajjad Ahmad Afridi, Maj Faisal Zia, Maj Syed Haji Hassan, Maj Muhammad Ziauddin, Maj Qamar Hussain Khokhar, Maj Asif Butt, Maj Asif Mehmood, Maj Muhammad Mukhtar, Lt Col Kausar Parveen and Maj Nusrat Parveen.

Published in Dawn, April 16th, 2016