President Asif Ali Zardari on Monday conferred insignias of military awards upon 44 officers of Pakistan’s armed forces.
The Presidential Investiture ceremony was held at the Aiwan-e-Sadr in connection with Pakistan Day and was attended by the Chairman Senate, ministers, senior officers of Pakistan armed forces, government officials, and families of the recipients of the awards.
Here’s the list of recipients of Hilal-i-Imtiaz (Military):
- Air Marshal Muhammad Sarfraz
- Air Marshal Kazim Hammad
- Air Marshal Shakil Ghazanfar
- Major General Saeed Ur Rehman Sarwar
- Major General Nadeem Fazal
- Air Vice Marshal Shakeel Safdar
- Major General Tahir Masood Ahmed
- Major General Sohail Sabir
- Major General Fuad Ahmed Siddiqui
- Major General Zeeshan Ahmad
- Major General Sohail Ilyas
- Rear Admiral Muhammad Hussain Sial
- Major General Syed Mukarram Hussain
- Major General Iftikhar Ahmed Satti
- Major General Ghulam Shabeer Narejo
- Major General Shahid Pervaiz
- Major General Muhammad Asim Khan
- Major General Nadeem Yousaf
- Major General Ghulam Muhammad
- Major General Noor Wali Khan
- Major General Muhammad Naeem Akhtar
- Major General Muhammad Nadeem Ashraf
- Major General Naseem Anwer
- Major General Umar Ahmad Shah
- Major General Muhammad Shahid Siddeeq
- Major General Adeel Haider Minhas
- Major General Syed Ali Raza
- Rear Admiral Shifaat Ali Khan
- Rear Admiral Amir Mahmood
- Major General Abdul Sami
- Major General Muhammad Yasir Elahi
- Rear Admiral Imtiaz Ali
- Major General Kamal Anwar Chaudhry
- Major General Muneer Ud Din
- Major General Ahsan Waqas Kayani
- Major General Farrukh Shahzad Rao
- Major General Adnan Sarwar Malik
- Major General Omar Maqbool
- Major General Azhar Yasin
- Rear Admiral Khyber Zaman
- Rear Admiral Shafquat Hussain Akhtar
- Major General Zaheer Akhtar
- Major General Mahmood Sultan
Additionally, the Sitara-i-Basalat was conferred upon:
- Captain Syed Amir Raza for his valor in fighting terrorists at Naval Aviation Base Turbat.