Karachi
On behalf of the president of Pakistan, Karachi Corps Commander Lieutenant General Naveed Mukhtar conferred awards upon various military officers, junior commissioned officers, soldiers and men from the civil armed forces, in a simple yet impressive ceremony held at Malir Cantonment on Friday.
The awards were conferred for outstanding military service and gallantry in operations.
The recipients ofSitara-e-Imtiaz (Military)were Brigadier Shahzad Akhtar, Brigadier Tabussam Pervez, Brigadier Javaid Iqbal and Colonel Muhammad Sajid.
The recipients ofTamgha-e-Imtiaz (Military)were Lieutenant Colonel Muhammad Arham Khan, Lieutenant Colonel Tahir Abbas, Lieutenant Colonel Shahid Riaz, Lieutenant Colonel Tanveer Ahmed, Lieutenant Colonel Muhammad Irfan, Lieutenant Colonel Iftikhar Ahmed, Lieutenant Colonel Nauman Ahmad, Lieutenant Colonel Ahmad Ahson Khan, Lieutenant Colonel Muhammad Rizwan Khan, Lieutenant Colonel Imran Amin Janjua, Lieutenant Colonel Tahir Akram, Lieutenant Colonel Muhammad Bilawal Anwar Khan, Lieutenant Colonel Tipu Sultan Awan, Lieutenant Colonel Khush Amadin, Major Rao Abdul Hameed, Major Syed Imran Asif, Major Atif Saeed, Major Alatoush Fasih, Major Syed Muhammad Ali Danish, Major Muhammad Umar Siddiqui, Major Muhammad Awais Khan, Lieutenant Colonel Muhammad Irfan Mrs Rabeya Bano (AFNS).
The recipients ofTamgha-e-Basalatwere Lieutenant Colonel Muhammad Abdullah, Major Shiraz Aman, Major Umar Bin Imad, Captain Asad Haneef,Captain Yasir Ali Qureshi, Captain Salah ud Din Wahab, Captain Saeed Ahmad Shah, DSR Amir Akbar, DSR Kamal Qadir, Lance Naik Muhammad Asif, Sepoy Muhammad Aamir, Sepoy Shakir Ullah, Sepoy Maqbool Khan, Sepoy Muhammad Farooq,Sepoy Sikandar, Akhtar Ali, Sepoy Muhammad Hasnain Ali, Sepoy Kamran Hussain, Subedar Muhammad Ashraf (Shaheed), Naib Subedar Farhat Ullah (Shaheed), Naib Subedar Noor Hussain (Shaheed), Havildar Razi Khan (Shaheed), Havildar Imtiaz Ali (Shaheed), Havildar Amir Hussain (Shaheed), Havildar Saleem Khan (Shaheed), Havildar Wali Dino (Shaheed), Naik Muhammad Akhtar (Shaheed), Naik Lal Moin (Shaheed), Lance Naik Muhammad Ismail (Shaheed), Lance Naik Amjad Akbar (Shaheed), Lance Naik Zulfiqar Ali (Shaheed), Lance Naik Waheed Ullah Khan (Shaheed), Lance Naik Farman Ullah (Shaheed), Sepoy Muhammad Asim Farooq (Shaheed), Sepoy Farman Ullah (Shaheed), Sepoy Saif Ur Rehman (Shaheed), Sapper Naseeb Khan (Shaheed), Sapper Muhammad Waseem Aslam (Shaheed), Gunner Altaf Hussain (Shaheed), Sepoy Muhammad Dawood (Shaheed), Sepoy Sajjad Hussain (Shaheed), Sepoy Muhammad Qasim (Shaheed), Sepoy Abid Ali (Shaheed), Sepoy Rukhsar Hussain Asif (Shaheed), Sepoy Sana Ullah (Shaheed), Sepoy Farooq Hussain (Shaheed), Sepoy Pandhi Khan (Shaheed) and Sepoy Qamar Abbas (Shaheed).
The ceremony was attended by a large number of senior armed forces officers and relatives of the award winners.