RAWALPINDI, March 22: President Gen Pervez Musharraf has conferred military awards on over 200 officers and personnel of armed forces. According to a gazette notification issued by the Ministry of Defence here on Wednesday, the officers who have been conferred Sitara-i-Basalat are Maj Muhammad Khan (Shaheed), FF; Sepoy Zafar Mehmood Khan (Shaheed), FF; Wing Commander Rizwanullah Khan, (Died).

TAMGHA-I-BASALAT: Brig Ghayur Mahmood, FF; Col Waheed Khan Bangash, Baloch Regiment; Lt-Col Muhammad Ikramul Haq, AK; Maj Saifullah Khan, Sindh; Lt Saad Khan, Baloch; CDT-1 Tariq Mahmood; MAR-1 Muhammad Ramzan; Wing Commander Syed Hussain Mehdi; Squadron Leader Khurram Habib; Flying Officer Muhammad Afzal (Died); Senior Tech Ghulam Shabbir.

HILAL-I-IMTIAZ: Maj-Gen Syed Guftar Shah, EME; Maj-Gen Syed Khalid Amir Jaffery, Arty; Maj-Gen Nusrat Naeem, Arty; Maj-Gen Saeedullah Khan, AC; Maj-Gen Asif Ali, Engrs; Maj-Gen Shaukat Sultan Khan, Sindh; Maj-Gen Tahir Mahmood, Punjab; Maj-Gen Shahid Iqbal, Baloch; Maj-Gen Muhammad Siddique, Arty; Maj-Gen Tanvir Tahir, EME; Maj-Gen Zahid Hussain, Arty; Maj-Gen Nasimul Majeed, AMC and Maj-Gen Badshah Khan, AMC.

NAVY: Rear Admiral Iftikhar Ahmed and Rear Admiral Asaf Humayun.

AIR FORCE: Air Vice Marshal Mirza Zafar Hussain and Muhammad Ateeb Siddiqui.

SITARA-I-IMTIAZ have been awarded to Brig Muhammad Ovais Mustafa, EME; Brig Munawar Hussain, EME; Brig Raziuddin, AD; Brig Malik Manzoor Hussain, Arty; Brig Aziz Ahmad Chatta, FF; Brig Raja Muhammad Arif Nazir, Avn; Brig Khan Azam Khurshid, Sigs; Brig Muhammad Anwar Khan, Engrs; Brig Muhammad Akbar, Sigs; Brig Syed Javed Iqbal, AD; Brig Syed Agha Haider Naqvi, AC; Brig Agha Ali Hassan, Engrs; Brig Muhammad Zulfiqar, Avn; Brig Zahid Ahmed Malik, Sigs; Brig Nasir Mahmood, Avn; Brig Javed Iqbal, Sigs; Brig Syed Waqar Hussain Bokhari, AC; Brig Khaliqur Rehman Shad, Engrs; Brig Azmat Hayat Khan, FF; Brig M Khaliqur Rashid Kayani, Engrs; Brig Babur Idris, FF; Brig Muhammad Asim Anwar Khan, AD; Brig Kamran Aziz Qazi, Arty; Brig Javed Iqbal Ahmed, ASC; Brig Sajjad Hussain Shah, Sigs; Brig Waqar Gul, ASC; Brig Ali Mohsin, FF; Brig Shahid Wahab Rao, AC; Brig Zahiruddin Ahmed, CMI; Brig Pervez Sultan Khan, Avn; Brig M. Attaullah Khan, AD; Brig Asif Murad, Arty; Brig Muhammad Marghub, AEC; Brig Pervaiz Rashid, AMC; Brig Mansoor Nadeem, AMC; Col Maqbool Ahmed, EME; Col Arif Ilyas, Sigs; Col Sajad Ali Khan, Sigs; Col Iqbal Badar Khan, Punjab; Col Muhammad Mohiyuddin Saeed Raja, FF; Col Zahid Akbar, Engrs, Col Hafiz Muhammad Shafiq, AC; Col Muhammad Asghar Khan, Sindh; Col Muhammad Jamil, Sigs, Col Iqbal Mahmood Dogar, ASC; Col Muhammad Mujeeb, FF; Col Muhammad Abdul Wajid, Sindh, Col Muhammad Sarfraz, Engrs; Col Muhammad Rasheed, AEC; and Col Muhammad Ashraf Qamar, AMC.

NAVY: Commodore Shafqat Javed, Commodore Muhammad Iqbal Bajwa, Commodore Azhar Hayat, Commodore Mohammad Asif, Commodore Syed Sarfraz Ali, Commodore Iftikhar Ahmed, Commodore Sajid Ali Hashmi.

AIR FORCE: Air Vice Marshal Tahir Rafique Butt, Air Commodore Farhat Hussain Khan, Air Commodore Riazul Haq, Air Commodore Atique Rafique, Air Commodore Sohail Aman, Air Commodore Qasim Masud Khan, Group Captain Ilyas Mahmood Ahmad Qureshi, Group Captain Syed Nudrat Kazmi, Group Captain Zafar Ahmad Nadeem, Group Captain Rizwan Aftab, Group Captain Ziaul Hassan, Group Captain Khalid Mamhud Akhtar, Group Captain Muhammad Masud Akhtar.

TAMGHA-I-IMTIAZ: Lt-Col Nadeem Ahmed Khan, EME; Lt-Col Muhammad Ashraf, FF; Lt-Col Pervez Akhtar Raja, AEC; Lt-Col Syed Fasihuddin Bokhari, AMC; Lt-Col Qazi Abrar Zahoor, AMC; Lt-Col Muhammad Abdul Rashid, AMC; Lt-Col Shahid Ali Khan, AK; Lt-Col Tariq Munir, Punjab; Lt-Col Imtiaz Amjed, Punjab, Lt-Col Muhammad Amanullah Khan, Avn; Lt-Col Malik Azhar Mahmood, Engrs; Lt-Col Zahid Hussain Shah, AC; Lt-Col Muhammad Altaf, Arty; Lt-Col Tahir Hussain, Sigs; Lt-Col Muhammad Zafar, Arty; Lt-Col Tariq Mahmood, CMI; Lt-Col Muhammad Jamil, ASC; Lt-Col Malik Zahid Hamid, EME; Lt-Col Muhammad Tariq, Sindh; Lt-Col Muhammad Aqil Khan, Ord; Lt-Col Muhammad Azhar, FF; Lt-Col Muhammad Younas, Arty; Lt-Col Tariq Masood Ahmad, ASC; Lt-Col Rauf Ahmed Khalid, ASC; Lt-Col Muhammad Pervez, Engrs; Lt-Col Muhammad Athar Qureshi, Ord; Lt-Col Suhail Anjum Ajaz, AC; Lt-Col Najeeb Ahmad, Arty; Lt-Col Muhammad Shujaat Salahud Din, AD; Lt-Col Kawan Sarfraz, Baloch; Lt-Col Muhammad Nisar Khan, Baloch; Lt-Col Farooq Ahmed, Engrs; Lt-Col Abdul Shakoor Razvi, Arty; Lt-Col Sohail Qadir, Engrs; Lt-Col Azmat Hussain Awan, FF; Lt-Col Muhammad Iqbal Naseem, Punjab; Lt-Col Wajahat Imam, FF; Lt-Col Raja Nasimullah Khan, AC; Lt-Col Mahmood Ahmed, Arty; Lt-Col Ghulam Mohammad Khan, Arty; Lt-Col Muhammad Jamil, CMI; Lt-Col Alam Tab Ahmed, CSO; Lt-Col Khan Muhammad, Sigs; Lt-Col Abdul Jalil Khosa, AK; Lt-Col Riazul Qamar, Sindh; Lt-Col Imtiaz Ahmad, AD; Lt-Col Muhammad Yasin Dogar, Sigs; Lt-Col Muhammad Akbar, AMC, Lt-Col Ms Sameena Ghayur, AMC; Lt-Col Hammadullah Usmani, EME; Lt-Col Muhammad Naweed Hassan, EME; Lt-Col Muhammad Saleem Saleemi, AMC; Lt-Col Najeebullah Malik, AMC; Lt-Col Akbar Waheed, AMC; Lt-Col Ms Samina Aizaz, AMC; Lt-Col Ms Nighat Shaheen, AFNS; Maj Asad Ali Tahir, EME; Maj Mazharul Haq Awan, AC; Maj Sohail Mahmood Malik, Sindh; Maj Muhammad Mansoor Zia, Avn; Maj Malik Kamran Nawaz, Arty; Maj Arif Mahmood Khan, Sigs; Maj Shabbir Ahmed Bhatti, Arty; Maj Ejaz Ahmed, ASC; Maj Javed Iqbal, Baloch; Maj Asim Pervez Chaudhry, Arty; Maj Rahat Qadir Butt, Ord; Maj Zafar Abbas, AD; Maj Waleem Wali Khan, FF; Maj Imran Ali, CMI; Maj Muhammad Sajid Karim, Punjab; Maj Muhammad Riaz, AK; Maj Imtiaz Sarwar, Engrs; Maj Muhammad Shakil Khan, Punjab; Maj Kamalur Rehman, Baloch; Maj Shahid Saleem, FF; Maj Qudratullah Malik, AMC; Maj Muhammad Arif Mahmood, AMC; Maj Abdul Khalid, ADC; Maj Ms Humera Zeb, AFNS.

NAVY: Commander Amir Zubair Siddiqui, Commander Sh. Imran Nasir, Commander Faisal Mir, Commander Amjad Ali Awan, Commander Ishrat Mahmood Shakir, Commander Adil Umar, Commander Hamiduz Zafar, Commander Tariq Mahmood, Lt-Commander Muhammad Amin, Lt-Commander Hasib Tahir.

PAF: Wing Commander Mujeebur Rehman, Wing Commander Imtiaz Ali Malik, Wing Commander Zaheer Ahmed Babar, Wing Commander Muhammad Zahid Mahmood, Wing Commander Irfan Ahmed, Wing Commander Syed Naveed Abbas, Wing Commander Rizwan Pasha, Wing Commander Muhammad Akhtar, Wing Commander Ghulam Abbas, Wing Commander Muhammad Maqsoodul Haq, Wing Commander Khalid Iqbal Khan and Squadron Leader Faisal Ajmal Butt.

IMTIAZI SANAD has been awarded to Brig Muhammad Ifzal, Avn; Brig Zahir Shah, Engrs; Col Shukran Rafiq, AK; Lt-Col Anisur Rahman, Avn; Lt-Col Ubaidur Rehman, Avn; Lt-Col Saifullah Khan, Sindh; Lt-Col Waheed Akhtar, AK; Maj Ihsanul Haq, Avn and Maj Rana Faheem Aeyzad Khan Sindh.

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