President Pervez Musharraf conferred the awards of Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Military) on the officers of the armed forces at special investiture ceremony held at the Aiwan-e-Sadr Tuesday.
Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gillani, Chairman Senate Mohammedmian Soomro, Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee, Chief of the Army Staff, Chief of the Air Staff, Acting Chief of the Naval Staff, Federal ministers and senior civil and military officials were present on the occasion. Awards of Hilal-e-Imtiaz (M) were conferred on thirty four officers of Pakistan Armed Forces in recognition of their meritorious services and exemplary professionalism. The recipients of the award included:
Vice Admiral Nayyer Iqbal, Vice Admiral Saleem Ahmad Meenai, Air Marshal Rao Qamar Suleman, Rear Admiral Naveed Ahmed, Rear Admiral Pervaiz Asghar, Major General Jamshed Riaz, Major General Najeeb Tariq, Major General Waqar Ahmad Kingravi, Major General Syed Taqi Naseer Rizvi, Major General Mian Nadeem Ijaz Ahmed, Major General Zawar Hussain Shah, Major General Iftikhar Ahmed Chaudhry, Major General Syed Muhammad Owais, Major General Mukhtar Ahmed, Major General Muhammad Ali Khan, Major General Zahid Pervez, Air Vice Marshal Khalid Masuad Rajput, Major General Khalid Nawaz Khan; Major General Sardar Mehmood Ali Khan, Major General Muhammad Farooq, Major General Muhammad Alam Khattak, Major General Ahmed Bilal, Major General Niaz Muhammad Khan Khattak, Major General Javed Iqbal, Air Vice Marshal Muhammad Yausaf, Major General Taufiq Rafiq, Major General Shafqaat Ahmed, Major General Tahir Ali, Major General Anwar Saeed Khan, Air Vice Marshal Inamullah Khan, Major General Muhammad Naeem Khan, Major General Shahida Badshah, Major General Azhar Rashid, and Major General Khushnood Javaid Awan.