ISLAMABAD: The Presidency released a statement stating that President Asif Ali Zardari has awarded military decorations to forty-two commanders in the armed services.
In honor of Pakistan Day, a presidential investiture ceremony took place on Sunday at the Aiwan-i-Sadr. Families of the award recipients as well as senior military officers and government representatives attended the ceremony.
Hilal-i-Imtiaz (Military) recipients included Surgeon General Lt Gen Mohsin Muhammad Qureshi; Air Marshal Abdul Moeed Khan; Air Marshal Tariq Zia; Air Marshal Ghulam Abbas Ghuman; Maj Gen Shoaib Ahmed; Maj Gen Naseer Ahmed Samore; Maj Gen Shazia Nisar; Maj Gen Ejaz Ghani; Maj Gen Nadeem Ahmed Rana; Maj Gen Waseem Ahmad Khan; Maj Gen Arshad Naseem, Maj Gen Imranullah, Maj Gen Arshad Mehmood, Maj Gen Muhammad Muhammad Atif Mansha; Maj Gen Javed Dost Chandio; Maj Gen Muhammad Irfan Khan; Maj Gen Syed Asif Hussain; Maj Gen Sheheryar Parvez Butt; Maj Gen Muhammad Ishaq Khattak,Maj Gen Chaudhry Amin Ajmal, Maj Gen Jawwad Ahmed Qazi, Maj Gen Ahmad Bilal, Maj Gen Iftikhar Hassan Chaudhry, Maj Gen Ehsan Ali, Maj Gen Kamran Nazir Malik, Maj Gen Wajid Aziz, Maj Gen Muhammad Umer Bashir, Maj Gen Asadur Rehman Afzal Cheema, Maj Gen Mushtaq Ali, Maj Gen Muhammad Imtanan Babar, Maj Gen Muhammad Farhan Yousaf, Maj Gen Ahsan Altaf, Maj Gen Abeera Choudry, Rear Admiral Habibur Rehman, Rear Admiral Syed Ahmed Salman, Rear Admiral Jawad Ahmed, Rear Admiral Syed Faisal Ali Shah, Rear Admiral Abdul Munib, Rear Admiral Faisal Amin and Air Vice Marshal Zaffar Aslam.
Capt. Abdul Wali, who accepted martyrdom during an intelligence-based operation in North Waziristan in September 2022, was also given Sitara-i-Basalat posthumously by the president.
