ISLAMABAD: President of Pakistan Dr Arif Alvi has approved the conferment of military awards on over 400 officers and soldiers of the country’s three armed forces in recognition of their meritorious services to the nation.

According to an official press release issued on Saturday, Sitara-i-Basalat has been conferred on 10, Tamgha-i-Basalat on 68, Imtiazi Asnad on 54, COAS Commendation Cards on 45, Hilal-i-Imtiaz (Military) on 23, Sitara-i-Imtiaz (Military) on 112, and Tamgha-i-Imtiaz (Military) on 138 personnel.

The personnel who have been awarded the Sitara-i-Basalat are: Col Mujeeb Ur Rehman (Shaheed), Punjab; Lt Agha Muqaddas Ali Khan (Shaheed), Baloch; Hav Nasir Mahmood (Shaheed), Punjab; Nk Farhad Hussain Mughal (Shaheed), AK; Lnk Muhammad Imran (Shaheed), FC KP; Lnk Muhammad Zahid (Shaheed), AK; Sep Assad Khan (Shaheed), Punjab; Sep Muhammad Shamim (Shaheed), Punjab; Cdr Syed Kamran Saeed Gilani, Navy; and Wg Cdr Nauman Akram (Shaheed), Air Force.

Those who have been awarded the Tamgha-i-Basalat are: N/Sub Ahsan Ullah Khan (Shaheed), FC Bln; N/Sub Muhammad Afzal Khan (Shaheed), CMI; N/Sub Buland Khan (Shaheed), Engrs; Hav Maroof Shah (Shaheed), Sindh; Hav Rozi Khan (Shaheed), Baloch; Hav Sher Zaman Khan (Shaheed), AK; L/Hav Qamar Nadeem (Shaheed), Baloch; Nk Noor Ahmed (Shaheed), FC Bln; Nk Sawar Khan (Shaheed), FC Bln; Nk Ijaz Ahmed (Shaheed), FC Bln; Nk Zubair Khan (Shaheed), FC Bln; Nk Moula Bakhsh (Shaheed), FC Bln; Nk Nasir Khan (Shaheed), FC Bln; Nk Muhammad Farooq (Shaheed), FC Bln; Nk Akbar Hayat (Shaheed), NLI; Nk Muhammad Naeem (Shaheed), MF; Nk Qussar Mehmood (Shaheed), MF; Lnk Naqeeb Ullah (Shaheed), FC Bln; Lnk Abdullah (Shaheed), FC Bln; Lnk Muhammad Ilyas Khan (Shaheed), FC Bln; Lnk Muhammad Yaqoob (Shaheed), FC Bln; Lnk Muhammad Waseem (Shaheed), FC Bln; Lnk Muhammad Amjad (Shaheed), FC KP; Lnk Taqdir Ali (Shaheed), FC KP; Lnk Said Amin (Shaheed), FC KP; Lnk Muhammad Shoaib (Shaheed), FC KP; Lnk Amir Ali Khan (Shaheed), Sindh; Lnk Rahib Ali (Shaheed), Sindh; Sep Mehtab Khan (Shaheed), FC Bln; Sep Muhammad Rizwan (Shaheed), FC Bln; Sep Zia Ur Rehman (Shaheed), FC Bln; Sep Muhammad Akbar (Shaheed), FC Bln; Sep Yar Muhammad (Shaheed), FC Bln; Sep Zahid Khan (Shaheed), FC KP; Sep Muhammad Saleem (Shaheed), FC Bln; Sep Muhammad Fayyaz (Shaheed), FC KP; Sep Kashif Ali (Shaheed), FC KP; Sep Muhammad Ehsan (Shaheed), Punjab; Sep Muhammad Nadeem (Shaheed), Punjab; Sep Sohail Younas (Shaheed), Punjab; Sep Muhammad Shahab (Shaheed), Punjab; Sep Imran Ali (Shaheed), NLI; Sep Umar Zaman (Shaheed), FF; Sep Jawad Khan (Shaheed), FF; Sep Zakir Ali (Shaheed), Sindh; Sep Nawaz Ali (Shaheed), Sindh; Sep Tauqeer Ahmed (Shaheed), Baloch; Sep Muhammad Shah Rukh Khan (Shaheed), Baloch; Sep Muhammad Qasim (Shaheed), Baloch; Sep Toseef (Shaheed), Baloch; Sep Muhammad Hafeez (Shaheed), MF; Sep Niamat Wali (Shaheed), MF; Sep Raheel Iqbal (Shaheed), MF; Sep Saat Madad Shah (Shaheed), MF; Spr Muhammad Saeed (Shaheed), Engrs; Spr Adnan Ramzan (Shaheed), Engrs; Spr Yar Khan (Shaheed), Engrs; Cdre Shakeel Ahmed Khan, Navy; Lt Cdr Muhammad Niaz, Navy; Lt Cdr Najeeb Ullah Khan, Navy; Lt Rao Junaid Ahmed, Navy; Lt Ahmad Hassan Shah, Navy; Lt Hafiz M. Ameer Hamza, Navy; LCDT Usman Ali, Navy; LPM Sana Ullah, Navy; LSW Imran Masih, Navy; Wg Cdr Hammad Farooqi, Air Force, and Wg Cdr Muhammad Imran, Air Force.

The Hilal-i-Imtiaz (Military) has been conferred on the following officers: Maj Gen Khurram Anwar Qadri, EME; Maj Gen Adnan Asif Jah Shad, FF; Maj Gen Muhammad Zahid Khan, FF; Maj Gen Ghulam Jafar, FF; Maj Gen Muhammad Munir Afsar, Punjab; Maj Gen Irfan Arshad, Arty; Maj Gen Babar Iftikhar, AC; Maj Gen Yusaf Jamal, FF; Maj Gen Kashif Nazir, Engrs; Maj Gen Ehsan Mehmood Khan, Punjab; Maj Gen Muhammad Yousaf Majoka, AK; Maj Gen Muhammad Shabaz Khan, Arty; Maj Gen Sayed Nusrat Raza, AMC Spec; Maj Gen Muhammad Asad Qureshi, AMC Spec; Maj Gen Karamat Hussain Shah Bokhari, SI (M) AMC Spec; Maj Gen Rasikh Maqsood, TI(M) AMC Spec; Maj Gen Farrukh Saeed, TI(M) AMC Spec; Rear Admiral Javaid Iqbal, SI(M), Navy; Rear Admiral Mirza Foad Amin Baig, SI (M), Navy; Rear Admiral Mian Zakirullah Jan, SI, SI(M), Navy; Air Marshal Aamir Masood, Air Force; Air Vice Marshal Hamid Rashid Randhawa, Air Force; and Air Vice Marshal Raja Faheem Shahzad Kiyani, Air Force.

The officers who have been awarded the Sitara-i-Imtiaz (Military) are: Brig Wasim Irshad Ul Haq Kayani, Engrs; Brig Imran Siddique, Sigs; Brig Muhammad Tahir Shah, CMI; Brig Bakhtiar Akram, FF; Brig Mian Zahoor Ul Haq, AC; Brig Ahmad Fraz Butt, Arty; Brig Arshad Mahmood, FF; Brig Syed Ahsan Raza Zaidi, AK; Brig Sardar Muhammad Faisal Akbar Khan, ASC; Brig Zulfikar Anwar Khan, ASC; Brig Khalid Hassan Butt, Sigs; Brig Mustansar Mahmood, Punjab; Brig Hafeez Ullah Khan, Arty; Brig Liaqat Hussain, AK; Brig Tauqir Afsar, Engrs; Brig Arshad Mahmood, AK; Brig Nazir Hussain Khan, AC; Brig Maqbool Ahmed Butt, Sindh; Brig Muhammad Ajmal Khan, AD; Brig Wajahat Hussain Sahi, Punjab; Brig Sher Ghani, ASC; Brig Jalil Ahmad, Arty; Brig Muhammad Asim Raoof, AD; Brig Zulfiqar Bashir, Engrs; Brig Zafeer Zaman Butt, Arty; Brig Obaid Ur Rehman, Sigs; Brig Muhammad Zahid Raza Ch, Engrs; Brig Shahbaz Ahmad Butt, Engrs; Brig Akmal Aziz, FF; Brig Ibrar Hussain Bhatti, Punjab; Brig Shahid Jawad Khan, Sindh; Brig Asad Raza Syed, AK; Brig Khaliq Uz Zaman, Arty; Brig Sohail Tariq Dar, AK; Brig Muhammad Husain, AD; Brig Ammar Yousaf, Arty; Brig Asim Razzaque, Avn; Brig Hamood Ur Rehman, TSO; Brig Muhammad Mukarram Khan, ICTO; Brig Waseem Ud Din, JAG; Brig Muhammad Hanif, AEC; Brig Muhammad Munir Asif, AEC; Brig Manzoor Ahmed Abbasi, AEC; Brig Naveed Asif, AMC Spec; Brig Sarfraz Ali Zahid, AMC Spec; Brig Sarfraz Khan Janjua, AMC Spec; Brig Syed Kamran Mahmood, AMC Spec; Brig Zahoor Iqbal Mirza, AMC Spec; Brig Muhammad Nadeem Zafar, AMC Spec; Brig Mrs Ambreen Anwer, AMC Spec; Brig Tariq Rafi, AMC Spec; Brig Aamar Mahmood Malak, AMC Spec; Brig Nasir Rafiq Ahmed, HCA; Brig Nasreen Tufail, AFNS; Col Muhammad Ali Malik, AC; Col Muhammad Ajmal, Arty; Col Muhammad Ilyas, Arty; Col Syed Saqib Shah, Arty; Col Muhammad Ilyas, AD; Col Atif Jalil, Engrs; Col Mansoor Afzal, Engrs; Col Ajmal Mahmood, Baloch; Col Habib Ullah Khan, NLI; Col Muhammad Asghar Khan Niazi, Punjab; Col Nafees Ahmad, Sindh; Col Raza Tahseen, AK; Col Syed Ghufran Mehdi, NLI; Col Muhammad Ayoub, Avn; Col Kamran Faiz Solehria, T.Bt, CMI; Col Asif Rehman, ASC; Col Asif Iqbal, Ord; Col Waqas Shoaib, EME; Col Muhammad Afzal Baig, AEC; Col Zafar Iqbal, JAG; Col Zain Niaz Naqvi, HCA; Col Muhammad Tariq, HCA; Col Mrs Sarwar Sultana, AFNS; Cdre Adeel Qureshi, Navy; Cdre Muhammad Imran Rana, Navy; Cdre Rizwan Ahmed, TI(M), Navy; Cdre Ashfaq Akhtar, Navy; Cdre Mohammad Irfan, TI(M), Navy; Cdre Armaghan Ahmad, TI(M), Navy; Cdre Mohammad Maqbool, TI(M), Navy; Cdre Azhar Mahmood, TI(M), Navy; Cdre Ashar Mahmood, TI(M), Navy; Cdre Syed Sajjad Hussain, Navy; Cdre Dr Faisal Amir Khan Niazi, Navy; Capt Javed Zia, TI(M), Navy; Capt Faisal Javeed Sheikh, S.Bt, Navy; Capt Shahzad Hamid, T.Bt, Navy; Air Cdre Sheraz Ahmad, Air Force; Air Cdre Muhammad Shafique Siddique, Air Force, Air Cdre Noman Ullah Kirmani, Air Force; Air Cdre Ahsan Arshad Chowdhry, Air Force; Air Cdre Umer Farooq Chaudhary, Air Force; Air Cdre Asim Ijaz, Air Force; Air Cdre Azeem Nathaniel, Air Force; Air Cdre Qamar Bashir, Air Force; Air Cdre Noor Ul Hassan, Air Force; Air Cdre Mehr Yar Saqib Niazi, Air Force; Air Cdre Muhammad Asif Aslam, Air Force; Air Cdre Muhammad Saqib Khan, Air Force; Air Cdre Usman Riaz, Air Force; Air Cdre Muhammad Shahid, Air Force; Air Cdre Tariq Iqbal, Air Force; Air Cdre Farhan Akhtar, Air Force; Air Cdre M. Ejaz Yousaf Cheema, Air Force; Air Cdre Waqar Ahmad, Air Force, Gp Capt Raja Ishtiaq Ahmad Janjua, Air Force; Air Cdre Waqas Ahmad, Air Force; and Gp Capt Amir Azim, Air Force.

The Tamgha-i-Imtiaz (Military) has been conferred on the following officers: Lt Col Waqar Ahmad, AC; Lt Col Muhammad Masood Fayyaz, AC; Lt Col Atif Zeeshan Abbasi, AC; Lt Col Muhammad Ashraf Ali, Arty; Lt Col Yasar Adnan, Arty; Lt Col Khurram Saleem, Arty; Lt Col Jawad Ejaz Malik, Arty; Lt Col Akhtar Hussain, Arty; Lt Col Abdul Khaliq, Arty; Lt Col Maaz Murtaza, T.Bt, Arty; Lt Col Mudassar Illyas, Arty; Lt Col Muhammad Ashraf, Arty; Lt Col Kalab Abbas, Arty; Lt Col Muhammad Asif Yasin Cheema, Arty; Lt Col Muhammad Yasien, Arty; Lt Col Jawad Hanif, AD; Lt Col Nazar Abbas, AD; Lt Col Nouman Alam Khan, AD; Lt Col Muhammad Javed, AD; Lt Col Muhammad Arshad, Engrs; Lt Col Rizwan Ahmad Batth, Engrs; Lt Col Noor Muhammad, Engrs; Lt Col Javaid Iqbal, Engrs; Lt Col Muhammad Shahid Razzaque, Sigs; Lt Col Kifayat Ullah, Sigs; Lt Col Syed Ghazanfar Ali Shah Bukhari, Sigs; Lt Col Syed Saqib Mumtaz Hashmi, Sigs; Lt Col Saleem Iqbal, Punjab; Lt Col Faheem Ahmed Khan Awan, Punjab; Lt Col Asrar Ul Hakim, Punjab; Lt Col Ahmed Saeed Malik, Punjab; Lt Col Shahzad Khadim, Punjab; Lt Col Fayaz Ahmad, Baloch; Lt Col Bashir Muhammad, Baloch; Lt Col Iftikhar Ali, Baloch; Lt Col Abdul Latif, Baloch; Lt Col Muhammad Rahim, Baloch; Lt Col Ali Ahmad Altaf, FF; Lt Col Hassan Akhtar, FF; Lt Col Muhammad Arsalan Shafi, FF; Lt Col Muhammad Kamran Baig, FF; Lt Col Qamar Yasin, FF; Lt Col Mushtaq Ahmad, FF; Lt Col Jowad Hamid, AK; Lt Col Burhan Sami, AK; Lt Col Muhammad Irfan, AK; Lt Col Syed Imran Haider, AK; Lt Col Kashif Sultan, Sindh; Lt Col Ijaz Ahmad, NLI; Lt Col Kamran Saleem, Avn; Lt Col Javed Iqbal, Avn; Lt Col Imran Daud Awan, CMI; Lt Col Muhammad Asghar, CMI; Lt Col Asif Sayyad, CMI; Lt Col Nasir Inayat, CMI; Lt Col Muhammad Ali, CMI; Lt Col Kashif Iqbal, CMI; Lt Col Malik Liaqat Ali, CMI; Lt Col Ishtiaq Ahmed, ASC; Lt Col S. Nigar Ul Wadood, ASC; Lt Col Muhammad Zaka Ullah Khan, ASC; Lt Col Mirza Jehanzeb Baig, Ord; Lt Col Muhammad Haleem Khan, Ord; Lt Col Shafqat Bashir, EME; Lt Col Zafar Iqbal, EME; Lt Col Muhammad Khalid Javed, EME; Lt Col Muhammad Awais Malik, EME; Lt Col Muhammad Nazakat, ICTO; Lt Col Shahbaz Ghani, TSO; Lt Col Rubina Muneer, HCA; Lt Col Mrs Yasmin Qureshi, HCA; Lt Col Zameer Ahmad Nayyar, AMC Spec; Lt Col Rashid Mahmood, AMC Spec; Lt Col Imtiaz Ahmad, ADC; Maj Rashid Ul Ghafoor Khan, AC; Maj Muhammad Riaz, Arty; Maj Shakeel Javaid, Arty; Maj Nadeem Anjum, Arty; Maj Khalid Ramzan, Arty; Maj Sadaquat Jamil, Arty; Maj Mirza Zaka Ur Rehman, Arty; Maj Yasir Hamid Abbasi, AD; Maj Muhammad Kamran, Engrs; Maj Liaqat Ali Khan, Engrs; Maj Nadeem Mumtaz, Sigs; Maj Ahmad Raza Khan Lodhi, Punjab; Maj Zafar Ullah Haider Khan, Punjab; Maj Jehangir Ahmad, Baloch; Maj Salman Ahmad, FF; Maj Muhammad Shahid Sarwar, FF; Maj Tahir Imran Khan, AK; Maj Javid Iqbal, Sindh; Maj Ali Irtaza, Avn; Maj Rana Javed Ahmed, ASC; Maj Ehtsham Ul Haq, Ord; Maj Iyaz Mahmood Khan, EME; Maj Abdul Rehman, EME; Maj Muhammad Yaser Ejaz Chohan, EME; Maj Shahzad Riaz, ICTO; Maj Zeeshan Hyder, AMC GDMO; Maj Shabbir Ahmed Khan, AMC GDMO; Maj Mrs Nilofar Zafar, AMC GDMO; Maj Khalid Mehmood, AMC Spec; Maj Mrs Shazia Afzal, AMC Grd; Maj Syed Jamal Shah, ADC; Maj Mst Najma Kausar, AFNS; Cdr Muhammad Haseeb, Navy; Cdr Abid Hussain, Navy; Cdr Tajamal Hussain, Navy; Cdr M. Maooz Akrama, Navy; Cdr Kamran Adnan, Navy; Cdr M. Fahim Ibrahim, Navy; Cdr Tassawar Aziz Malik, Navy; Lt Cdr Sajid Bari, Navy; Lt Cdr Akhtar Zaman Khan, Navy; Lt Cdr Muhammad Mobeen-Ul-Haque, Navy; Lt Cdr Husnain Raza, Navy; Lt Cdr Siddiq Akbar, Navy; Lt Cdr Imran Khan, Navy; Lt Cdr Hassan Shahid, Navy; Wg Cdr Adeel Aatif, Air Force; Wg Cdr Kashif Kamal, Air Force; Wg Cdr Malik Ahsan Riaz, Air Force; Wg Cdr Khuram Rana, Air Force; Wg Cdr Muhammad Nasir Zai, Air Force; Wg Cdr Kashif Munawar, Air Force; Wg Cdr Malik Noman Ashiq, Air Force; Wg Cdr Ahsan Sajjad, Air Force; Wg Cdr Shuaib Salamat, Air Force; Wg Cdr Muhammad Irfan Anjum, Air Force; Wg Cdr Sarmad Rashid, Air Force; Wg Cdr Muhammad Nadeem, Air Force; Wg Cdr Kashif Akhtar Qureshi, Air Force; Wg Cdr Junaid Haq, Air Force; Wg Cdr Maria Saeed, Air Force; Wg Cdr Rizwan Afzal, Air Force; Wg Cdr Muhammad Amjad, Air Force; and Wg Cdr Naseem Akhtar, Air Force.

Published in Dawn, August 16th, 2020

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