President confers military awards

Published March 25, 2021
ISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi on Wednesday conferred military awards on serving and martyred armed forces personnel in a ceremony held in the Presidency. — Photo courtesy: Facebook
ISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi on Wednesday conferred military awards on serving and martyred armed forces personnel in a ceremony held in the Presidency. — Photo courtesy: Facebook

ISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi on Wednesday conferred military awards on serving and martyred armed forces personnel in a ceremony held in the Presidency.

A total of 55 armed forces personnel received military awards including families of 12 martyred officers.

Hilal-i-Imtiaz

Lt Gen Nigar Johar, Air Marshal Aamir Masood, Maj Gen Sayed Nusrat Raza, Rear Admiral Athar Saleem, Rear Admiral Adnan Khalil, Rear Admiral Ahmed Fauzan, Maj Gen Tahir Sardar,

Maj Gen Khurshid Mohammed Uttra, Maj Gen Shehla M Baqai, Maj Gen Wasim Alamgir, Maj Gen Mohammad Asad Qureshi, Maj Gen Karamat Hussain Shah Bukhari, Maj Gen Rasikh Maqsood, Air Chief Marshal Raja Faheem Kiyani, Maj Gen Farrukh Saeed, Maj Gen Syed Najeeb Ahmed, Maj Gen Khurram Anwar, Maj Gen Kamran Khursheed, Maj Gen Ziaur Rehman, Maj Gen Zahid Mahmood, Maj Gen Mohammad Zafar Iqbal, Maj Gen Syed Shahab Shahid, Maj Gen Azhar Iqbal Abbasi, Maj Gen Ayman Bilal Safdar, Maj Gen Tariq Mahmood, Maj Gen Ahsan Gulraiz, Maj Gen Syed Aamer Raza, Maj Gen Shahid, Imtiaz, Maj Gen Adnan Asif Jah Shad, Air Vice Marshal Hamid Rashid Randha Rear Admiral Javed Iqbal, Maj Gen Muhammad Zahid Khan, Maj Gen Ghulam Jafar, Maj Gen Mohammad Munir Afsar, Maj Gen Irfan Arshad, Maj Gen Babar Iftikhar, Maj Gen Yousuf Jamal, Maj Gen Kashif Nazir, Maj Gen Ehsan Mehmood Khan, Maj Gen Mohammad Shahbaz Khan, Rear Admiral Mirza Foad Amin Baig, Rear Admiral Mian Zakirullah Jan, retired Air Vice Marshal Mohammad Athar Shams, retired Air Vice Marshal Babar Ahmed, retired Air Vice Marshal Soban Nazir Syed, Maj Gen Mohammad Asghar,

Sitara-i-Basalat

Mst. Wajeha Mujeeb, (widow of) Col Mujeebur Rehman; Syed Kamran Saeed Gillani; Mrs Sadia Nauman(widow of Wing Cdr Nauman Akram; Agha Arshad Mehmood Khan (father of) Lt Agha Muqaddas Ali Khan; Lt Cdr Hammad Hassan Maken; Mst Shamshad Akhtar, (widow of) Hav Nasir Mahmood; Mrs Sobia Bibi, (widow of) Naik Farhad Hussain Mughal; Mst Rajmina (widow of) Lnk Mohammad Imran; Mrs Saima Parveen, (widow of) Lnk Mohammad Zahid; Mr. Gul Afsar (father of) Mohammad Abbas Khan SFT-I; Mst Sunbal Bibi, (widow of) Sep Assad Khan; Mst Samreen Bibi, (widow of) Sep Mohammad Shamim; Mrs. Safia Bibi (widow of) SWR Ihsanullah Khan.

Published in Dawn, March 25th, 2021

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