An investiture ceremony was held at the General Headquarters (GHQ) to confer the awards of Sitara-i-Imtiaz (Civil), Sitara-i-Imtiaz (Military), Tamgha-i-Imtiaz (Civil) and UN Medals. According to a press note issued by the ISPR here on Friday, General Ahsan Saleem Hyat, Vice Chief of Army Staff, conferred the awards.
Those who have been awarded with Sitara-i-Imtiaz (Civil) include Brigadier Javed Ashraf Bajwa and Major Munir Ahmed.
Names of the officers who have been conferred with Sitara-i-Imtiaz (Military) are: Major General Muhammad Ovais Mustafa, Major General Raja Muhammad Arif Nazir, Major General Nasir Mahmood, Major General Ulfat Hussain, Brigadier Salim Ahmed Khan, Brigadier Imran Rahman, Brigadier Malik Manzoor Hussain, Brigadier Aziz Ahmad Chatta, Brigadier Khan Azam Khurshid, Brigadier Muhammad Akbar, Brigadier Syed Javed Iqbal, Brigadier Syed Agha Haider Naqvi, Brigadier Agha Ali Hassan, Brigadier Muhammad Zulfiqar, Brigadier Zahid Ahmad Malik, Brigadier Syed Waqar Hussain Bokhari, Brigadier Khaliq ur Rehman Shad, Brigadier Azmat Hayat Khan, Brigadier M. Khaliq ur Rashid Kayani, Brigadier Babur Idris, Brigadier Muhammad Asim Anwar Khan, Brigadier Kamran Aziz Qazi, Brigadier Javed Iqbal Ahmad, Brigadier Sajjad Husssain Shah, Brigadier Waqar Gull, Brigadier Ali Mohsin, Brigadier Shahid Wahab Rao, Brigadier Zahir Ud Din Ahmad, TI(M), Brigadier Pervez Sultan Khan, Brigadier M. Atta Ullah Khan, Brigadier Asif Murad, Brigadier Faiz ul Karim Khan Burki, Brigadier Babar Amin, Brigadier Adnan Siddiqui, Brigadier Iftikhar Haider, Brigadier Raja Imtiaz Ayub, Brigadier Iftikhar Ali, Brigadier Gul Farid Khan, Brigadier Hassan Rafi, Brigadier Riaz Ahmad Noor, Brigadier Fazal Nawaz Khan, Brigadier Muhammad Niaz, TI(M), Brigadier Sher Afghan Khan Niazi, Brigadier Shahid Masud, Brigadier Muhammad Mahmood Khan, Brigadier Ayyaz Mahmood Gilani, Brigadier Liaquat Ali Khan, Brigadier Syed Anwar Mehdi, Brigadier Muhammad Zafar Imtiaz, Brigadier Noor Ul Amin Butt, Brigadier Salim Ashraf, Brigadier Maqsood Ahmad, Brigadier Muhammad Ifzal, T Bt, Brigadier Muhammad Massaddiq, Brigadier Sohail Tirmizi, Brigadier Niaz Kausar Sheikh, Brigadier Naeem Sarwar, Brigadier Muhammad Zafar Hussain Wahla, Brigadier Pervaiz Rashid, Brigadier Mansoor Nadeem, Brigadier Haque Nawaz, Brigadier Muhammad Sultan Muzaffar, Brigadier Sikander Ali Malik, Colonel Maqbool Ahmad, Colonel Asim Rehan, Colonel Asif Ilyas, Colonel Sajad Ali Khan, Colonel Iqbal Badar Khan, Colonel Muhammad Mohy ud Din Saeed Raja, Colonel Zahid Akbar, Colonel (Honorary Brigadier) Muhammad Ismail, Colonel Shahid Waseem, Colonel Javed Iqbal Lodhi, Colonel Muhammad Hafeez Dogar, Colonel Abdul Hameed, Colonel Muhammad Jamil, Colonel Iqbal Mahmood Dogar, Colonel Muhammad Mujeeb, Colonel Muhammad Abdul Wajid, Colonel Muhammad Sarfraz, Colonel Muhammad Asghar Khan, Colonel Nazar Mohy Ud Din, Colonel Owais Tayyab, Colonel Muhammad Tariq Masood, Colonel Ishtiaq Haneef Wyne, Colonel Muhammad Jamil Akhtar, Colonel Abdullah Mahmood Zahid, Colonel Hafeez Akram, Colonel Muhammad Rasheed, Colonel Muhammad Ashraf Qamar, TI(M), Colonel Amir Nazim Khan and Colonel Mrs Nasreen Akhtar.
Tamgha-i-Imtiaz (Civil) has been conferred to the Lieutenant Colonel Tariq Mahmood Malik, Major Muhammad Arif, and Havildar Anwar Naseer. UN Medals were awarded to Khateeb Abdul Latif Chishiti (Shaheed), Havildar Bashir Ahmed (Shaheed), Naik Clerk Zaigham Hussain (Shaheed), Lance Naik Inzar Ahmed Khan (Shaheed), Lance Naik Sadaqat Hussain (Shaheed), Lance Naik Noor Jamal (Shaheed), Sepoy Munir Ahmed (Shaheed), Sepoy Muhammad Amir (Shaheed) and Sepoy Abdul Zafran (Shaheed). The medals were given to the next of kin of Shuhada.