ISLAMABAD: President Mamnoon Hussain on Tuesday allowed grant of awards to over 450 officers and soldiers of the Pakistan Army, Pakistan Navy and Pakistan Air Force in recognition of their services for the motherland.

According to a handout issued by the Inter-Services Public Relations, the president granted Sitara-i-Basalat to two personnel, Tamgha-i-Basalat to 59, Commendation Certificates to 34, COAS Commendation Cards to 156, Hilal-i-Imtiaz (Military) to 17, Sitara-i-Imtiaz (Military) to 77 and Tamgha-i-Imtiaz (Military) to 106 personnel.

The civil and military awards are announced every year on Independence Day and the president confers these awards at a ceremony held on the next Pakistan Day.

Sources in the Presidency, meanwhile, said that so far they had not received any list of civilians to be conferred national awards.

Published in Dawn, August 15th, 2018