ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s President Asif Ali Zardari on Sunday conferred badges of military awards upon 42 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 senior officers of Pakistan’s armed forces, government officials and families of the recipients of the awards.
The recipients of Hilal-i-Imtiaz (Military) included Lt. Gen. Mohsin Muhammad Qureshi, Air Marshal Tariq Zia, Air Marshal Abdul Moeed Khan, Air Marshal Ghulam Abbas Ghuman, Major Gen. Naseer Ahmed Samore, Major Gen. Shoaib Ahmed, Rear Admiral Habibur Rehman, Major Gen. Shazia Nisar, Major Gen. Ejaz Ghani, Major Gen. Nadeem Ahmed Rana, Major Gen. Waseem Ahmad Khan, Major Gen. Arshad Naseem, Rear Admiral Syed Ahmed Salman, Major Gen. Muhammad Atif Mansha, Major Gen. Arshad Mehmood, Major Gen. Javed Dost Chandio, Major General Syed Asif Hussain, Major Gen. Sheheryar Parvez Butt, Air Vice Marshal Zaffar Aslam, Major Gen. Muhammad Irfan Khan, Major Gen. Imranullah, Rear Admiral Jawad Ahmed, Rear Admiral Abdul Munib, Rear Admiral Faisal Amin, Major Gen. Muhammad Raza Aizad, Major Gen. Ch. Amin Ajmal, Major Gen. Jawwad Ahmed Qazi, Major General Muhammad Ishaq Khattak, Major Gen. Ahmad Bilal, Major Gen. Iftikhar Hassan Chaudhry, Major Gen. Ehsan Ali, Major Gen. Kamran Nazir Malik, Major Gen. Wajid Aziz, Major Gen. Muhammad Umer Bashir, Major Gen. Asad ur Rehman Afzal Cheema, Major Gen. Muhammad Imtanan Babar, Major Gen. Muhammad Farhan Yousaf, Major Gen. Mushtaq Ali, Rear Admiral Syed Faisal Ali Shah, Major Gen. Ahsan Altaf and Major Gen. Abeena Choudry.
The president also conferred Sitara-i-Basalat (posthumous) upon Captain Abdul Wali Shaheed, who embraced martyrdom during a terrorist operation in North Waziristan.
