ISLAMABAD: Presi­dent Mamnoon Hussain on Saturday conferred Nishan-i-Imtiaz (Military) on the Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (CJCSC), Gen Zubair Mahmood Hayat, and Chief of the Army Staff (COAS), Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa, at a special investiture ceremony held at the Aiwan-i-Sadr.

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was present on the occasion as were Senate chairman Mian Raza Rabbani, National Assem­bly speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq, federal ministers, parliamen­tarians and senior civil and military officers.

President Hussain congratulated the two for the awards and expres-sed the hope that the nation would benefit from their professional capabilities.

Published in Dawn, January 1st, 2017

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